On Friday morning Asia equities rose due to positive investor sentiment after late profits in the US stock market. The Chinese markets were focusing their attention mainly on the continuing trade dispute between the US and China. The markets remained wary until the close of the morning trading session. Meanwhile, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index increased by about 0.2% while the Shanghai composite grew about 0.10%. In another part of Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 climbed more than 0.7% in midday trade as the Topix index gained around 0.3%.
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Daily Analysis - 11/01/2019