Asian equities mostly higher on US economic data

30 Dec 2011 Evaluate

Most of the Asian markets were trading higher tracking gains on the Wall Street, where the three main indexes on Wall Street rallied after upbeat jobs news and positive results on the housing front. The unemployment benefits rose for the first time in four weeks, but the trend still pointed to a steady decline in layoffs. Initial claims were at 381,000 in the week ending December 24, up 15,000 from the previous week but the four-week moving average fell to 375,000, a level last seen in June 2008. However, Europe’s debt struggles continued to be in focus after Italy scraped through a key bond auction on Thursday at the end of a disastrous year for the eurozone, raising 7.0 billion euros ($9.0 billion).

Shanghai Composite was up 17.90 points or 0.82% to 2,191.46, Hang Seng was up 68.07 points or 0.37% to 18,465.99, Jakarta Composite was up 8.29 points or 0.22% to 3,817.07 and Nikkei 225 was up by 32.92 points or 0.39% to 8,431.81.  On the flip side, Straits Times was down 6.51 points or 0.24% to 2,666.27 and Taiwan Weighted was down by 18.97 points or 0.27% to 7,055.85.

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