Asian markets trade in green in early deals on Thursday

16 Jan 2025 Evaluate
Asian markets traded in green in early deals on Thursday, buoyed by the rekindled hopes over Fed interest easing cycle with the softer than expected rise in December US core inflation numbers. Moreover, rally in financial sector stocks followed by the robust US bank earnings results, also lifted indices. South Korea’s KOSPI advanced the most among Asian indices after the Bank of Korea kept its benchmark rate at 3% after two 25-basis-point cuts in October and November. Japan’s Nikkei picked up in tandem with the positive trend in Wall Street overnight. Meanwhile, Japan’s producer prices increased 3.8% year-over-year in December, matching the pace from November.

Nikkei 225 up by 94.31 points 0.25% to 38,538.89, Straits Times jumped by 24.11 points 0.64% to 3,796.69, Hang Seng rose by 156.31 points 0.81% to 19,442.38, KOSPI Index increased by 25.68 points or 1.03% to 2,522.49, Jakarta Composite climbed by 47.41 points or 0.67% to 7,126.97, Taiwan Weighted added by 572.13 points 2.54 % to 23,086.70, Shanghai Composite lifted by 6.80 points or 0.21% to 3,233.92, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI enlarged by 1.35 points or 0.09% to 1,563.47.

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