Asian Markets trade mostly higher in early deals on Friday

07 Jan 2022 Evaluate
Most of the Asian equity benchmarks traded higher in early deals on Friday, on optimism of economic rebound and as crude oil rates improves. Moreover, technical buying after previous sessional losses also aided the investments. Hang Seng topped gains in the session, amid hopes over dovish measures from Central bank. While, Japan’s Nikkei retreated in the session weighed down as market participants assessed effects of faster-than-expected policy tightening by the US Federal Reserve. Some of the gainers in the index are Mitsubishi UFJ with 4.3% rise, and Sumitomo Mitsui up by 1.8%. Among the Asian stocks, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, South Korea, and Malaysia were in positive trend. Bucking the trend Japan and Taiwan are trading lower.

Straight times lifted by 16.09 points or 0.51% to 3,200.39, Hang Seng up by 265.10 points or 1.15% to 23,337.96, Jakarta Composite lifted by 44.39 points or 0.67% to 6,697.74, KOSPI climbed by 4.29 points or 1.17% to 2,954.82, Shanghai Composite jumped by 12.54 points or 0.35% to 3,598.62, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI higher by 3.12 points or 0.20% to 1,536.48.

On the flip side, Nikkei 225 down by 61.54 points or 0.22% to 28,426.33, and Taiwan Weighted curtailed by 188.91 points or 1.03% to 18,179.01.

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