Asian markets trade higher in early deals on Tuesday

01 Oct 2013 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity benchmarks have made a positive start and are trading in fine fettle in Tuesday’s morning deals on hopes that US Congress may reach a last-minute deal and pass a stopgap budget measure to beat a midnight deadline. The Japanese market was trading up by around quarter of a percent as a report showed that confidence among large Japanese manufacturers increased before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe unveiled plans for an economic-support package. Service-sector sentiment also brightened slightly and big companies planned to increase capital spending, a sign of robust personal consumption and a pickup in exports are solidifying a recovery in the world’s third-largest economy.

Jakarta Composite rose 18.07 points or 0.42% to 4,334.24, Nikkei 225 increased 30.67 points or 0.21% to 14,486.47, Straits Times strengthened 15.70 points 0.50% to 3,183.57, Seoul Composite added 8.20 points or 0.41% to 2,005.16 and Taiwan Weighted was up by 25.74 points or 0.31% to 8,199.61.

On the flip side, KLSE Composite was down by 2.09 points or 0.12% to 1,766.53. 

Chinese and Hong Kong equity markets remained shut for the trade today.

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