Asia equities display a mixed picture in Thursday’s session

23 Feb 2012 Evaluate

Benchmark equity indices across Asia displayed a mixed picture in Thursday’s trading session as on one hand markets in South Korea, Hong Kong etc. plunged around a percent while on the other bourses in China and Japan moved higher. Investors remained cautious as worries over financial meltdown in Euro-zone persisted while global economic growth woes too prevented markets from surging higher. Dismal leads from overnight Wall Street were markets declined on the back of a slew of disappointing economic reports too pressured sentiment in the Asian region.

However, the benchmark in Japan showed resilience and shrugged the weak global cues to trade on a positive note as investors showed hefty buying interests in export oriented stocks owing to the fall in yen to its lowest level against the US dollar in seven months after Bank of Japan unexpectedly increased its stimulus measures in its bid to boost growth. The equity index in China too climbed around half a percent led by gains in property developers.

Hang Seng declined 180.16 points or 0.84% to 21,369.12, Jakarta Composite slipped 21.86 points or 0.55% to 3,973.17, Straits Times shed 19.09 points or 0.64% to 2,976.50, Seoul Composite plunged 23.39 points or 1.15% to 2,005.26 and Taiwan Weighted lost 27.84 points or 0.35% to 7,973.84.

On the flipside, Shanghai Composite climbed 11.96 points or 0.50% to 2,415.55, KLSE Composite rose 0.56 points or 0.04% to 1,561.08 and Nikkei 225 added 15.63 points or 0.16% to 9,569.63.

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