Asian markets trade in green on Wednesday; Nikkei 225 up by over 300 points, Shanghai Composite, KOSPI higher nearly 1%

Asian benchmarks Nikkei 225 and Shanghai Composite were trading in the green on Wednesday. While the former was trading at 27,525.90, up by 275.64 points or 1.01 per cent, the latter was trading at 2,983.14, up by 6.86 points or 0.23 per cent. Meanwhile, Korean Composite Stock Price Index was trading at 2,251.37, up by over 16.30 points or 0.73 per cent.

The Asia Markets were trading positive taking cues from their US peers. Dow 30, on Tuesday closed at 31,836.70, up by 337.12 points or 1.07 per cent. Meanwhile, S&P 500 settled at 3,859.11, up by over 60 points or 1.63 per cent. Nasdaq Composite closed at 11,199.10, up by 246.50 points or 2.25 per cent.

 Source: Comex

Indian equity markets NSE and BSE and closed for trading today on account of Diwali Balipratipada. The commodity markets will resume trading in the evening session today.

Indian stock markets shed their opening gains and ended today's trading session in the red amid profit booking ahead of market holiday on 26 October, Wednesday. While the BSE Sensex ended at 59,543.96, down by over 287.70 points or 0.5 per cent, the 50-share Nifty50 index closed at 17,656.35, down by 74.40 points or 42 per cent. 

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