Asian equities rebound on supportive global cues

12 Aug 2011 Evaluate

Asian equity indices are demonstrating optimistic trends in the Friday's morning session as sentiments remained largely influenced by the overnight rally on Wall Street where shares surged on upbeat corporate earnings and better than expected US employment data which showed that the number of people filing for unemployment benefits for the first time fell 7,000 to 395,000 last week. The absence of troublesome new developments in European sovereign debt and banking too did its bit by not undermining sentiments. However, gains in Asia were not as pronounced as in the US as Wall Street's wildest turbulence in the last six trading days has sent many investors into a state of cautiousness.

Shares in Seoul have climbed around a percent on hefty bottom fishing in beaten down counters after US bourses marked spectacular rebounds on Thursday from sharp selloffs the previous day. Chinese stocks have surged around a percent point amid heightened expectations that Chinese monetary policy won’t be further tightened any time soon.

Shanghai Composite climbed 20.92 points or 0.81% to 2,602.43, Hang Seng surged 296.20 points or 1.51% to 19,891.34, Jakarta Composite soared 46.39 points or 1.20% to 3,915.75, KLSE Composite amassed 10.81 points or 0.73% to 1,487.27, Nikkei 225 rose 15.61 points or 0.17% to 8,997.55, Straits Times jumped 40.62 points or 1.45% to 2,836.84, Seoul Composite garnered 15.56 points or 0.86% to 1,833.00 and Taiwan Weighted advanced 48.34 points or 0.63% to 7,767.43.

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