Asian markets traded mostly higher in early deals on Monday, supported by the optimism over Federal Reserve interest rate cut in its final policy meeting of the year to be held this week. Rally in technological and AI companies led the gains in the local indices. Investor sentiments got boosted by the China’s tech breakthroughs and efforts to boost domestic production in key sectors, particularly chip making. Meanwhile, participants also awaited China’s November trade figures to assess the impact of modest US tariff relief. Japan’s Nikkei traded higher with the positive global cues.
Nikkei 225 up by 20.13 points or 0.04% to 50,512.00, Taiwan Weighted rose by 262.51 points or 0.94% to 28,243.40, KOSPI Index added by 33.99 points or 0.83% to 4,134.04, Jakarta Composite enlarged by 77.72 points or 0.90% to 8,710.48, and Shanghai Composite widened by 24.38 points or 0.62% to 3,927.19.
On the flip side, Straits Times down by 10.61 points or 0.23% to 4,520.75, Hang Seng dipped by 272.08 points 1.05% to 25,813.00, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia lower by 8.81 points or 0.54% to 1,607.71.
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