Asian markets trade higher on European optimism

27 Jul 2012 Evaluate

Asian markets have made an all green start with some of the indices gaining over one and half a percent in early trade after Draghi said policy makers will do whatever is required to preserve euro. Though, the Japanese market was trading up but country’s consumer prices unexpectedly fell and retail sales missed forecasts. Consumer prices excluding fresh food fell 0.2 percent in June from a year earlier, while a separate report said that Retail sales rose 0.2 percent, the smallest gain since November, adding to evidence that the economy’s expansion is faltering as gains in the yen and austerity measures in Europe hit exports. Meanwhile, the central Chinese city of Changsha unveiled an 829.2 billion yuan stimulus after some of its peers too went on similar lines to shore up local economies, as national growth slows.

Shanghai Composite was up by 2.53 points or 0.12% to 2,128.53, Hang Seng surged by 344.95 points or 1.83% to 19,237.74, Jakarta Composite gained 57.41 points or 1.46% to 4,061.81, KLSE Composite was flat at 1,624.91. Nikkei 225 added 118.61 points or 1.40% to 8,561.71, Straits Times was up by 4.73 points or 0.16% to 3,009.78, Kospi Composite gained 36.72 points or 2.09% to 1,819.67 and Taiwan Weighted added 128.45 points or 1.81% to 7,097.14.

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