Asian markets trade mostly higher in early deals on Monday

20 Feb 2023 Evaluate
Most of the Asian markets traded higher in early deals on Monday, buoyed by technical buying after previous sessional dips followed by hawkish signal from Federal Reserve. Market sentiments also got boosted after the People’s Bank of China kept its key lending rates unchanged for the sixth straight month at its February fixing as rising interest rates in other major economies left it little room to ease policy. Japan’s Nikkei traded tad higher with pick up in exporters with weaker local currency yen. Meanwhile, investors keenly awaited for more cues ahead to this week’s key economic data as well as the release of latest Fed meeting minutes, limited some gains.

Nikkei 225 up by 7.96 points or 0.03% to 27,522.48, Hang Seng enlarged by 167.35 points or 0.81% to 20,887.16, Taiwan higher by 71.14 points or 0.46% to 15,550.84, KOSPI rose by 8.85 points or 0.40% to 2,460.06, Shanghai lifted 31.78 points or 0.98% to 3,255.80.

On the flip side, Straight times down by 11.03 points or 0.33% to 3,317.34, Jakarta Composite shrunk by 18.50 points or 0.27% to 6,877.21 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI curtailed by 5.21 points or 0.35% to 1,471.69.

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