Upbeat global manufacturing data triggers rally in markets across Asia

02 Feb 2012 Evaluate

Sanguine global leads have bolstered sentiments in stock markets across Asia which are trading with notable gains after the tentative improvement in investors’ risk appetite. Investors’ morale got underpinned after stronger than expected manufacturing reports from the global growth engines viz. China and India along with upbeat factory activity data from developed economies like the US and EU, spurred hopes that a recovery could be back on track. The overnight rally on Wall Street on the back of a slew of encouraging economic reports too lifted spirits while traders were also confident Greece would soon reach an agreement with its creditors to avert a disorderly debt default.

The benchmark in Japan climbed over half a percent in the session on a day marred by technical glitch which led to a brief halt in trading of 241 stocks including Sony Corp and Hitachi. While there was no index in the Asian space that exhibited pessimistic trends, the main gauges in South Korea and Hong Kong traded with over a percent gains each on the back of hefty foreign inflows as accelerating manufacturing in the US and Europe boosted investor confidence in the global economic recovery.

Shanghai Composite gained 3.16 points or 0.14% to 2,271.24, Hang Seng surged 258.01 points or 1.27% to 20,591.38, Jakarta Composite advanced 20.78 points or 0.52% to 3,985.75, Nikkei 225 climbed 69.88 points or 0.79% to 8,879.67, Straits Times ascended 11.52 points or 0.40% to 2,916.28, Seoul Composite soared 23.37 points or 1.19% to 1,982.61 and Taiwan Weighted rose 39.02 points or 0.52% to 7,588.23.

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