Asian equity markets ended mostly in green on Friday even as regional gains remained modest ahead of the release of the closely-watched US jobs report for December, due later in the day. The jobs report is expected to show an increase of about 190,000 jobs in December after an addition of 228,000 jobs in November. The unemployment rate is expected to hold at 4.1 percent. Japanese shares extended gains from the previous session to probe 26-year highs as the yen held broadly lower on improved risk appetite. Further, Chinese shares ended higher on growth optimism. China’s services sector activity expanded in December on solid growth in new business, with the outlook improving to a six-month high, a private sector survey showed on Thursday. Another private business survey showed growth in China’s manufacturing sector unexpectedly rose to a four-month high in December thanks to a surge in new orders.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 3,391.75 | 6.04 | 0.18 |
Hang Seng | 30,814.64 | 78.16 | 0.25 |
Jakarta Composite | 6,353.74 | 61.42 | 0.98 |
KLSE Composite | 1,817.97 | 14.52 | 0.81 |
Nikkei 225 | 23,714.53 | 208.20 | 0.89 |
Straits Times | 3,489.45 | -11.71 | -0.33 |
KOSPI Composite | 2,497.52 | 31.06 | 1.26 |
Taiwan Weighted | 10,879.80 | 31.17 | 0.29 |
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