Asian markets trade higher in early deals on Friday

13 Dec 2013 Evaluate

After a sluggish opening, most of the Asian equity benchmarks have pared their gains to enter into green terrain. Though, the gains remained capped as investors stayed cautious amid speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve will start scaling down its asset buying program in the near future. Meanwhile, Japanese Nikkei was trading with traction, garnering a gain of over a percentage point. On the economic front, final October figures for Japan’s industrial production are due for release during the day. Little change is expected from last month’s preliminary reading that suggested an increase of 0.5 percent on month and 4.7 percent on year, with a 1.2 percent monthly increase in capacity utilization.

Shanghai Composite rose 0.63 points or 0.03% to 2,203.42, Hang Seng strengthened 100.01 points or 0.43% to 23,318.13, KLSE Composite increased 8.87 points or 0.48% to 1,842.74, Nikkei 225 surged 156.32 points or 1.02% to 15,498.14, Straits Times added 0.30 points or 0.01% to 3,059.34 and Taiwan Weighted was up by 26.68 points or 0.32% to 8,388.01.

On the flip side, Jakarta Composite declined 13.59 points or 0.32% to 4,198.63 and Seoul Composite was down by 7.60 points or 0.39% to 1,960.33.   

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