Asian markets trade higher in early deals on Monday

09 Dec 2013 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading with traction on early deals on Monday, tracking positive cues from Wall Street as major indices ended firm on Friday on the back of upbeat jobs data. Back on regional turf, the Japanese market rallied sharply, with an upbeat U.S. jobs report hurting the yen and triggering some hectic buying at several counters. Aiding sentiments in Asia was a set of robust trade numbers from the regional powerhouse China. China's exports came in well above forecasts in November, rising 12.7% from a year earlier, while imports rose 5.3%.

Hang Seng rose 67.62 points or 0.28% to 23,810.72, Jakarta Composite surged 26.03 points or 0.62% to 4,206.81, KLSE Composite increased 11.28 points or 0.62% to 1,838.23, Nikkei 225 soared 281.97 points or 1.84% to 15,581.83, Straits Times added 1.80 points or 0.06% to 3,115.97, Seoul Composite gained 20.56 points or 1.04% to 2,000.97 and Taiwan Weighted was up by 80.31 points or 0.96% to 8,448.03.

On the flip side, Shanghai Composite was down by 1.91 points or 0.09% to 2,235.20. 

 

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