Asian equities recuperate after Monday’s fall

31 Jan 2012 Evaluate

Asian stock markets at large showed signs of recovery a day after plunging to lower levels, as optimism trickled in amid hopes of a positive outcome of Greek debt negotiations after Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos said that major progress has been made in debt-swap talks. Marketmen overlooked sluggish overnight leads from Wall Street as stronger than predicted industrial production reading from world’s third largest economy Japan, spurring hopes of recovery in global economic situation. Meanwhile, leaders from European Union in their meeting in Brussels held discussions on employing stricter measures aimed at making it harder for violators to escape sanctions and to restore confidence in their single currency.

Taiwanese markets rose sharply by over one and a quarter percent and remained the top gainer in the space. The shares in Seoul traded with over half a percent gains despite getting reports which showed South Korean industrial output unexpectedly declined in December for the third consecutive month. On the other hand, the benchmark in China once again slipped into the red as investors remained cautious awaiting Wednesday’s release of a key manufacturing index which is likely to show weak growth amid lackluster global demand for Chinese goods.

Hang Seng climbed 162.05 points or 0.80% to 20,322.46, Jakarta Composite advanced 19.33 points or 0.49% to 3,934.49, Nikkei 225 gained 34.33 points or 0.39% to 8,827.38, Seoul Composite ascended 15.00 points or 0.77% to 1,955.55 and Taiwan Weighted surged 93.72 points or 1.27% to 7,501.13.

On the flipside, Shanghai Composite eased 0.79 points or 0.03% to 2,284.24 and Straits Times slipped 9.74 points or 0.34% to 2,878.55.

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