Successful French debt auction, Chinese GDP trigger rally in Asian equities

17 Jan 2012 Evaluate

Sentiments across stock markets in Asia got buttressed in the Tuesday trading session on the back of the successful French debt auction which alleviated concerns over the S&P’s downgrade of European nations. While the encouraging Chinese economic growth numbers spurred fresh spell of buying in the region as investors hoped that the world’s second largest economy is far from a hard landing situation. However, market participants remained a bit cautious as well amid worries over China's domestic housing industry correction and growing signs of recession in Europe. Meanwhile the US markets remained closed overnight and were unable to give any cues to their Asian counterparts.

The benchmark in China surged around a percent on getting reports which showed the nation’s GDP expanded at 8.9% in the fourth quarter the slowest pace in around two and half a year but managed to exceed all the expectations. Shares in Tokyo too amassed gains of close to a percent as investors overlooked the Euro-zone woes and focused on signs of improving global growth prospects.

Shanghai Composite surged 20.47 points or 0.93% to 2,226.67, Hang Seng jumped 351.32 points or 1.85% to 19,363.52, Jakarta Composite advanced 18.84 points or 0.48% to 3,928.53, Nikkei 225 climbed 69.19 points or 0.83% to 8,447.55, Straits Times ascended 24.04 points or 0.87% to 2,780.53, Seoul Composite soared 29.43 points or 1.58% to 1,888.70 and Taiwan Weighted amassed 89.67 points or 1.26% to 7,193.29.

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