Asian markets trade in green on US optimism

27 Mar 2012 Evaluate

The Asian markets have made a jubilant start, gaining most in last two week on Bernanke's comment to focus on creating jobs and South Korea's consumer confidence improvement report. The US Federal chief said that while he is encouraged by the unemployment rate drop to 8.3 percent, further improvement will require continuing the central bank’s simulative monetary policies. In South Korea, consumer confidence improved to 100 in February of 2012 from 98 in January of 2012. The Composite Consumer Sentiment Index (CCSI) measures the level of optimism that consumers have about the performance of the economy. The Japanese markets have moved higher supported by the gains in exporters on weakening yen.

Shanghai Composite was up by 5.94 points or 0.25% to 2,356.54, Hang Seng surged by 296.03 points or 1.43% to 20,964.89, Jakarta Composite added 20.12 points or 0.51% to 4,050.91, KLSE Composite gained 5.11 points or 0.32% to 1,587.90, Nikkei 225 was up by 175.19 points or 1.75% to 10,193.43, Straits Times added 22.78 points or 0.78% to 2,998.23, Seoul Composite gained 10.72 points or 0.51% to 2,029.80 and Taiwan Weighted was trading higher by 41.02 points or 0.50% to 8,007.21.

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