Most of the Asian markets have made a soft start after Japan’s economy shrank at the fastest pace since last year’s earthquake; a report showed gross domestic product shrank an annualized 3.5 percent in the three months through September. However, Chinese market was marginally in green as overseas shipments increased 11.6 percent from a year earlier. Imports rose 2.4 percent, the same pace as the previous month. The trade surplus widened to $32 billion, the biggest in almost four years. Also the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the People’s Bank of China and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange have agreed in principle to raise the quota for the Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) program by 200 billion yuan, investors can use the money to buy stocks and bonds on domestic Chinese markets.
Shanghai Composite was up by 5.14 points or 0.25% to 2,074.21, Hang Seng gained 23.37 points or 0.11% to 21,407.75,
On the other hand, Jakarta Composite lost 3.89 points or 0.09% to 4,329.61, KLSE Composite was down by 1.92 points or 0.12% to 1,639.16, Nikkei 225 lost 64.31 points or 0.73% to 8,693.29, Straits Times lost 5.54 points or 0.18% to 3,004.00, Kospi Composite declined by 6.79 points or 0.36% to 1,897.59 and Taiwan Weighted was down by 5.01 points or 0.07% to 7,288.02.
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