Asian markets trade mostly in green in early deals on Monday

22 May 2023 Evaluate

Most of the Asian markets traded in green in early deals on Monday, tracing optimism over US government reaching debt ceiling deal to avert default of the country. Investors also braced People’s Bank of China’s dovish stance, as it kept its benchmark lending rates unchanged for the ninth straight month in May. China is expected to infuse more fiscal and monetary stimulus to aid the World’s second largest economy rebound from sluggish post-covid-lockdown slump. Japan’s Nikkei notched highest levels in over three decades during the session amid optimism over economic health of the country with its ultra-loose monetary policy. Meanwhile, country’s machinery orders, which is regarded as a leading indicator of capital spending in the coming six to nine months, sharply dipped in March.

Nikkei 225 up 239.22 points or 0.78% to 31,046.98, Straight times added by 2.63 points or 0.08% to 3,205.22, Hang Seng rose by 252.34 points or 1.28% to 19,702.91, KOSPI buoyed by 18.64 points or 0.73% to 2,556.43, Jakarta Composite enlarged 25.98 points or 0.39% to 6,726.54 and Shanghai widened by 3.55 points or 0.11% to 3,287.09.

On the flip side, Taiwan down by 10.40 points or 0.06% to 16,164.52 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI dipped by 9.08 points or 0.64% to 1,419.46.

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