The Bank of Japan closed the two-day policy meeting without major changes. Benchmarks in Japan, China and Australia rose in the early stages of trading, while stocks fell in South Korea. Due to Martin Luther King Day, the US market closed on Monday. There is growing concern that the increase in COVID could hurt Asian countries, especially the manufacturing industry in China. YeapJun Rong said:In energy trading, benchmark US crude rose $ 1.12 a barrel to $ 84.94 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Source: Libya Today January 18, 2022 05:37 UTC