Most of the Asian equity benchmarks traded higher in early deals on Wednesday, with the bargain hunting after previous sessional correction and the news on dropping Chinese trade tariffs by US also lifted the investments. Even though, some of the gains remained trimmed amid caution ahead to US Federal Reserve minutes, which is due today for more cues on aggressive interest rate hike to tackle the soaring inflationary pressure. Tight supplies raised commodity stocks higher, while technological stocks majorly dropped in the market. Shanghai stocks is advancing moderately in the session due to short covering after the sharp correction in previous sessions. Meanwhile, Japanese stocks showed a declining trend in tandem with the weak Wall Street stocks overnight and as the exporters declined with the stronger local currency yen.
Hang Seng up by 128.88 points or 0.64% to 20,240.98, Taiwan Weighted added by 164.40 points or 1.03% to 16,128.03, KOSPI lifted by 20.49 points or 0.79% to 2,626.36, Shanghai Composite buoyed by 17.73 points or 0.58% to 3,088.66 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI higher by 3.20 points or 0.21% to 1,534.50.
Bucking the trend, Nikkei 225 down by 9.11 points or 0.03% to 26,739.03, Straight times dipped by 6.50 points or 0.20% to 3,188.54, and Jakarta Composite decreased by 30.72 points or 0.44% to 6,883.42.
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