Greek austerity bill approval helps Asian equities stay in green

13 Feb 2012 Evaluate

Stock markets across Asia exhibited positive trends in Monday’s trading session after reports suggested that Greek parliament voted to approve a package of harsh austerity measures to secure a second EU/IMF bailout and avoid bankruptcy. However, gains in most markets in the region remained less pronounced as buildings were burned across Greece after the bill’s approval and violence spread around the country. Investors also overlooked weak US market closing over the weekend.

The benchmark in Hong Kong led from the front and climbed close to a percent while Chinese shares too rebounded from early lows Premier Wen Jiabao hinted at fine - tuning economic policies this quarter. The shares in Japan too trended upwards despite the Japanese economy contracting for the third time in four quarters to an annualized 2.3% in the fourth quarter of 2011, after floods in Thailand damaged production and a strong yen and subdued overseas demand hurt exports.

Shanghai Composite gained 3.21 points or 0.14% to 2,355.19, Hang Seng climbed 167.02 points or 0.80% to 20,950.88, Jakarta Composite advanced 22.83 points or 0.58% to 3,935.22, Nikkei 225 amassed 64.64 points or 0.72% to 9,011.81, Straits Times rose 13.25 points or 0.45% to 2,973.25, Seoul Composite added 10.69 points or 0.54% to 2,004.40 and Taiwan Weighted increased 48.02 points or 0.61% to 7,910.29.

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