Asian equity indices are mostly trading up in the early deals on Friday, with the regional benchmark gauge heading for its biggest weekly increase in almost a year. Though most of the markets started off on a weak note, some of them are currently trading well off their lows and the investors digested a mixed bag of economic data from Japan. The Japanese stock market rose with investors picking up stocks at lower levels due to a slew of economic reports, including data on inflation and unemployment. The inflation rate in Japan was 1.5% on year in February, that was line with expectations and up from 1.4% in January. Core inflation came in at 1.3%, matching forecasts and unchanged from the previous month. Among other markets in the Asia-Pacific region, Hong Kong, Singapore and Indonesia are trading notably higher. New Zealand, South Korea, Shanghai and Taiwan are up marginally, while Malaysia is slightly weak.
Shanghai Composite rose 5.92 points or 0.29% to 2,052.51, Hang Seng increased by 279.10 points or 1.28% to 22,113.55, Jakarta Composite soared 41.71 points or 0.88% to 4,764.76, Nikkei 225 surged by 0.91 points or 0.01% to 14,623.80, Straits Times added by 17.22 points or 0.54% to 3,179.68 and KOSPI Composite was up by 0.44 points or 0.02% to 1,978.41.
On the flip side, KLSE Composite declined 4.82 points or 0.26% to 1,842.05 and Taiwan Weighted was down by 9.79 points or 0.11% to 8,769.78.
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