Asian markets rise up to 5% as Trump signals US' exit from Iran

Asian markets opened in the green on Wednesday on the hopes that the war in the Middle East might come to an end soon. South Korea's stock exchange, Kospi, rose over 5% at open to trade at 5,330.04, while Japan's Nikkei rose nearly 2% to 51,959.47. President Donald Trump claimed US will leave Iran in two or three weeks.