Taiwan and Japan Join South Korea in Broad Asian Stock Rebound

Stocks in Taiwan and Japan rose on Oct. 21 alongside a sharp South Korean rebound, extending the advance across Asian markets as buying returned to technology and semiconductor shares. South Korea’s KOSPI gained about 4% to 4.2% intraday. Taiwan’s weighted stock index rose about 1.9%, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 advanced about 1.24%. The MSCI Asia Pacific index excluding Japan was up about 1.5%. All four figures were intraday readings. South Korea posted the largest gain among the three national benchmarks in those readings.

Source: TokenPost