Asian markets settle mostly higher on Monday

28 Aug 2023 Evaluate
Asian markets settled mostly higher on Monday tracking Wall Street’s overnight gains last Friday after US Fed Chair Jerome Powell expressed confidence in continued economic growth in the United States and reiterated Fed's commitment to pull inflation back to the 2% target. Meanwhile investors were awaiting key US jobs and inflation readings due this week. Chinese shares gained after Chinese authorities announced a slew of measures including plans to halve the stamp duty on stock trading starting Monday, while China's securities regulator also approved the launch of 37 retail funds to help infuse new capital into the capital market and said it would slow the pace of initial public offerings. Moreover, Japanese shares gained on tracking persistent weakness of the yen, but tourism-related shares declined amid worries about the impact of a ban on the country’s seafood by China.

Asian Indices

Last Trade            

Change in Points

Change in %      

Shanghai Composite

3,098.64

34.57

1.12

Hang Seng

18,130.74

174.36

0.96

Jakarta Composite

6,921.73

26.29

0.38

KLSE Composite

1,444.06

-0.35

-0.02

Nikkei 225

32,169.99

545.71

1.70

Straits Times

3,213.68

23.80

0.74

KOSPI Composite

2,543.41

24.27

0.95

Taiwan Weighted

16,509.26

27.68

0.17


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