Asian equities bounce on encouraging global leads; Seoul shares zoom 4%

16 Aug 2011 Evaluate

Majority of Asian equity indices advanced in Tuesday's morning trades as sentiments remained influenced by the overnight sharp rally on Wall Street which brought the US markets back to where they were before the US’ credit rating downgrade by S&P. A slew of mergers and acquisitions helped the equity indices in US build the rally, leading to speculations of stability after last week's steep losses and volatility. The shares in Europe also got a boost after the European Central Bank bought 22 billion euros of government bonds last week to help ease the pressure on Italy and Spain. However, the gains were less pronounced in the Asian region as marketmen looked cautiously ahead towards a key meeting between leaders of France and Germany on what further measures they can take to contain Europe's debt crisis.

The benchmark in South Korea spurted by around four percent, coming after an extended weekend post a national holiday, supported by broad based buying by foreign institutional investors who turned net buyers after nine consecutive sessions of net selling. Shares in Tokyo extended their gaining momentum a session after the surprisingly good gross domestic product figures of from Japan indicated that the tsunami-battered nation will soon cease to be a drag on fragile global economic growth.

Hang Seng advanced 110.03 points or 0.54% to 20,370.13, Jakarta Composite gained 13.37 points or 0.34% to 3,973.39, KLSE Composite added 7.42 points or 0.49% to 1,507.16, Nikkei 225 rose 29.92 points or 0.33% to 9,116.33, Straits Times increased 14.44 points or 0.50% to 2,888.84, Seoul Composite jumped 68.86 points or 3.84% to 1,862.17 and Taiwan Weighted inched up 5.69 points or 0.07% to 7,825.08.

On the flip side only Shanghai Composite eased 3.15 points or 0.12% to 2,623.62.

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