Asian equity indices are trading mostly in green on Thursday ahead of meetings of the central banks of Japan, Britain and the euro zone for signs of more policy stimulus. The Bank of Japan, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank will all announce their policy decisions later today, with investors expecting them to maintain or extend soft policy to support the economy. Moreover, better-than-expected US private jobs data for February raised some expectations that the official non-farm payrolls report due to be released on Friday could be relatively solid. Back on regional turf, the Japanese Nikkei has strengthened further after yen slumped to its near three-week low and exporters gained.
Shanghai Composite rose 0.13 points or 0.01% to 2,347.31, Hang Seng increased 22.34 points or 0.10% to 22,800.18, Jakarta Composite jumped 10.56 points or 0.22% to 4,835.24, Nikkei 225 added 37.57 points or 0.31% to 11,969.84 and Taiwan Weighted was up by 11.32 points or 0.14% to 7,961.62.
On the flip side, KLSE Composite slipped 1.10 points or 0.07% to 1,650.74, Straits Times dipped 0.73 points or 0.02% to 3,291.08 and KOSPI Composite was down by 17.53 points or 0.87% to 2,003.21.
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