Asian markets traded mostly higher in early deals on Thursday, as the investor sentiments got boosted after Federal Reserve announced first pause in its consecutive ten-month aggressive tightening campaign. Albeit, the US central bank indicated that it might raise interest rates as high as 5.6% before 2023 is over. Moreover, risk appetite in the market buoyed after the PBoC alleviated its one-year medium-term lending facility rate by 10 bps to 2.65%, the first such cut in ten months. This came just two days after the central bank of China slashed its seven-day reverse repurchase rate by 10bps to 1.9%, as the decelerating economic recovery prompted government support. Japan’s Nikkei extended winning streak to fifth straight session in tandem with the rally in technological stocks with the positive Wall Street overnight. Additionally, Nikkei got support after Japanese exports spiked unexpectedly for month of May and private capital investment surged in April.
Nikkei 225 up 158.16 points or 0.45% to 33,660.58, Straight times rose by 16.91 points or 0.53% to 3,235.05, Taiwan higher by 75.12 points or 0.43% to 17,313.02, Hang Seng lifted by 160.89 points or 0.82% to 19,569.31, and Shanghai buoyed by 2.79 points or 009% to 3,231.78.
On the flip side, KOSPI narrowed by 6.87 points or 0.26% to 2,612.21, Jakarta Composite dipped 12.47 points or 0.19% to 6,687.25, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI declined by 4.14 points or 0.30% to 1,381.28.
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