Asian markets trade higher in early deals on Monday

26 Aug 2013 Evaluate

Prolonging their previous session’s jubilation, all the Asian equity markets, barring Jakarta Composite, are trading in the green following a cheerful run on Wall Street on Friday. Sentiments remained up-beat after steep drop in US new home sales tempered expectations the Federal Reserve will soon reduce stimulus. Back on Regional turf, Chinese Shanghai Composite were trading with a gain of around one and a half percent after state statistics bureau said that the country’s economy is showing clearer signs of stabilization and positive change, helped by some external improvement, and is on track for the 2013 growth target of 7.5%,

Shanghai Composite surged 29.03 points or 1.41% to 2,086.49, Hang Seng strengthened 205.78 points or 0.94% to 22,069.29, KLSE Composite gained 10.02 points or 0.58% to 1,731.09, Nikkei 225 rose 4.88 points or 0.04% to 13,665.43, Straits Times increased 16.68 points or 0.54% to 3,105.53, Seoul Composite added 17.12 points or 0.92% to 1,887.28 and Taiwan Weighted was up by 32.40 points or 0.41% to 7,905.71.

On the flip side, Jakarta Composite was down by 5.88 points or 0.14% to 4,163.95. 

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