Majority of equity indices across Asia are exhibiting lackluster trends in the last trading session of the week with most of them hardly budging from their previous closing levels. Markets in the region traded in close proximity with their previous closing levels, lacking any significant upside triggers to initiate fresh positions. However, the overnight positive close on Wall Street on the back of encouraging US economic reports did prevent downside risks for the markets in the region. Apart from the better than expected US jobless claims data which remained at the lowest level since the early days of the 2007-2009 recession, the upbeat German business confidence report too spurred optimism.
Stock markets in China continued to remain in uptrend and are looking set to extend the winning streak for the sixth straight week, longest weekly gaining streak since 2010, as upbeat global economic reports boosted the Chinese exports prospects. However, the benchmark in Indonesia plummeted around two percent in the session amid growing worries over spiraling international crude oil prices and the fragile Euro-zone economic outlook.
Shanghai Composite gained 7.60 points or 0.32% to 2,417.15, Nikkei 225 rose 13.30 points or 0.14% to 9,608.87, Straits Times added 1.97 points or 0.07% to 2,966.37, Seoul Composite advanced 3.98 points or 0.20% to 2,011.78 and Taiwan Weighted inched up 2.17 points or 0.03% to 7,939.47.
On the flipside, Hang Seng declined 15.32 points or 0.07% to 21,365.67, Jakarta Composite got pounded by 79.41 points or 2.01% to 3,879.40 and KLSE Composite eased 0.94 points or 0.06% to 1,555.72.
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