Asian equities recuperate after recent somber run

23 Aug 2011 Evaluate

All benchmark equity indices in the Asian region are trading on a positive note in Tuesday's early trade amid some tentative recovery in investors’ risk appetite which led to hefty bottom fishing in fundamentally strong counters. The hunt for bargain was also triggered by the positive close on overnight Wall Street though with modest gains as the oversold levels of the markets supported value picked up following four sessions of losses. Marketmen also awaited the Chinese manufacturing activity numbers for the August in order to gauge whether Asian economic growth can decouple from the slowdown in Western economies. Apart from the Chinese data, investors are also expecting announcement of further stimulus from the US Fed when bankers gather in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, later this week, one year after Chairman Ben Bernanke launched a second round of quantitative easing to revive the economy.

The South Korean benchmarks were showing a smart performance by rallying by over two and half a percent, being the top gainers in the space, after tumbling around 20% this month as investors worried any fresh global recession would hurt its export-dependent firms. Shares in Tokyo rose after exporters climbed higher as the yen moved back from all-time high levels against the US dollar, as Japanese authorities continued to hint at intervention in currency markets.

Shanghai Composite surged 23.35 points or 0.93% to 2,539.21, Hang Seng climbed 123.01 points or 0.63% to 19,609.88, Jakarta Composite advanced 8.36 points or 0.22% to 3,847.98, KLSE Composite rose 0.28 points or 0.02% to 1,472.44, Nikkei 225 gained 8.65 points or 0.10% to 8,636.78, Straits Times added 4.18 points or 0.15% to 2,735.99, Seoul Composite jumped 44.66 points or 2.61% to 1,755.36 and Taiwan Weighted soared 104.83 points or 1.43% to 7,417.42.

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