All Asian markets went home with green mark barring KLSE Composite, which edged marginally down. The stronger than expected retail sales data from the world’s largest economy supported the market to a major extent. Japan’s Nikkei ended with strong gains on the back of firm recovery in index heavyweight - Softbank following the official announcement that it will acquire a majority stake in Sprint Nextel Corp. Meanwhile, Hong Kong and China market closed with marginal gains on Tuesday ahead of China's growth data and with strong performance of Chinese real estate developers.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 2,098.81 | 0.11 | 0.01 |
Hang Seng | 21,207.07 | 58.82 | 0.28 |
Jakarta Composite | 4,329.08 | 15.55 | 0.36 |
KLSE Composite | 1,653.52 | -0.92 | -0.06 |
Nikkei 225 | 8,701.31 | 123.38 | 1.44 |
Straits Times | 3,046.81 | 3.76 | 0.12 |
KOSPI Composite | 1,941.54 | 15.95 | 0.83 |
Taiwan Weighted | 7,471.02 | 52.12 | 0.70 |