Risk appetite in the Asian region remained positive with most of the indices opening in the green after US data showed employers added workers in December at about the same pace as the prior month while manufacturing expanded at a faster pace in December. However, Japanese benchmark Nikkei witnessed some profit booking after the biggest first day gain of the year.
Shanghai Composite rose 3.93 points or 0.17% to 2,280.92, Hang Seng added 13.18 points or 0.06% to 23,344.27, KLSE Composite increased 2.12 points or 0.13% to 1,694.70, Straits Times jumped 5.06 points or 0.16% to 3,230.28 and Jakarta Composite was up by 2.83 points or 0.06% to 4,412.85.
On the flip side, Nikkei 225 declined 40.94 points or 0.38% to 10,647.17, KOSPI Composite slipped 4.58 points or 0.23% to 2,007.36 and Taiwan Weighted was down by 48.36 points or 0.62% to 7,757.63.
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