Asian Stock Markets Headed For Gain In The New Week

In the Asia Pacific Region, stocks generally started trading on Monday with an increase.

Asian stock markets headed for gain in the new week. Indices in the Asia Pacific Region started Monday with a mixed outlook. While Nikkei 225 and Topix indices gained value in Japan, South Korea's Kospi Index also increased. In mainland China, indices tended to gain on the first trading day of the week. Shanghai and Shenzhen Composite Indices appreciated. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index declined slightly. In Australia, the index followed a course close to the horizontal. Except for Japan, the MSCI Asia Pacific Index traded slightly higher in Monday's trading. In India, one of the countries most affected by the coronavirus epidemic, which affects the world and accelerates its spread, the daily number of cases has climbed to record levels and this increase continues. According to the statement made by the Ministry of Health of India, 349 thousand 691 new cases were detected in the last 24 hours, while the total number of cases was recorded as 16 million 960 thousand 172. US President Joe Biden announced that they will help India, which is having a hard time due to the coronavirus epidemic. Quoting the post of National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on his social media account, Biden made the following statements: "We are determined to help India in time of need, just as India sends aid to the US when our hospitals are in trouble in the early stages of the epidemic."