“Asian stock markets” opened positive, encouraging investors to buy technology stocks.

Asian stock marketOpened positive today (March 31, 2566), moving in line with the US stock market that rose on Thursday, March 30, after investors continued to buy stocks in the technology group. At the same time, concerns about the banking sector crisis began to be relieved.

The Nikkei Index opened the morning session at 28,009.22 points, an increase of 226.29 points or +0.81%, the Hang Seng Index opened the morning session at 20,583.88 points, an increase of 274.75 points or +1.35%, and the Shanghai Composite Index opened the morning session. At the level of 3,263.41 points, an increase of 2.16 points or +0.07%.

Investors will be keeping an eye on today's release of the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index, a gauge of inflation that is especially watched by the Federal Reserve.

The U.S. Department of Labor said initial jobless claims rose 7,000 to 198,000 last week. That was the highest level in three weeks and higher than analysts' expectations of 3, raising hopes that the Fed might delay tightening monetary policy. This is because the labor market is starting to slow down.

The S&P 500 Index rose 0.57% and hit its highest intraday high since March 7. The Nasdaq Composit Index also rose, up more than 4% in March, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.43%. up XNUMX%