Stock markets across the Asian region exhibited sanguine trends in Wednesday’s trading session as barring the Indonesian equity index which traded with marginal loss, all other benchmarks traded with notable gains. Sentiments in the region were largely influenced by the strong overnight close on Wall Street on the back of encouraging US manufacturing data which came in better than expected and offset the concerns over world’s largest economy’s recovery prospects. In addition, the manufacturing index in China unexpectedly spiked to a 13 month high levels in April, indicating industrial activity expanded for a fifth month in the world's second-largest economy and suggesting that the economy is growing at a robust rate.
While the Chinese market surged about a percent post healthy PMI numbers, the benchmark in Taiwan rallied over one and half a percent and led from the front despite reports showing the nation’s factory PMI moderated to 51.2 in April from 54.1 in March as manufacturers reduced output prices in line with softening demand conditions. South Korean KOSPI too climbed in the session on the back of survey showing its manufacturing activity expanded for a third straight month in April, but at a slower pace than in March, backed by a continued rise in new export orders.
Shanghai Composite surged 23.10 points or 0.96% to 2,419.41, Hang Seng Index climbed 199.55 points or 0.95% to 21,293.76, KLSE Composite advanced 6.74 points or 0.43% to 1,577.35, Nikkei 225 gained 0.51 points or 0.01% to 9,351.46, Straits Times Index rose 12.71 points or 0.43% to 2,991.28, KOSPI Composite Index ascended 14.86 points or 0.75% to 1,996.85 and Taiwan Weighted soared 109.43 points or 1.46% to 7,611.15.
On the flipside, Jakarta Composite eased 1.61 points or 0.04% to 4,194.37.
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