Asian markets trade mostly in green on Monday

03 Dec 2012 Evaluate

The Asian markets have made a mixed start, though the indices trading in red are slowly recovering after the report that Chinese manufacturing, expanded last month, signaling recovery in the region. Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics and China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing stated that China’s official Purchasing Managers’ Index, a gauge of the manufacturing industry, was 50.6 in November, the highest in seven months. A separate survey by HSBC Holdings Plc and Markit Economics showed Services industries maintained their pace of growth last month, with a reading of 55.6, up from 55.5 in October. There was some good news from Japan too, Japanese companies increased capital spending more than expected in the three months to September. Capital spending excluding software rose 2.4 percent in the period from a year earlier, after rising 6.6 percent in the previous quarter.

Shanghai Composite was marginally down by 6.16 points or 0.31% to 1,973.96 and KLSE Composite was lower by 2.06 points or 0.13% to 1,608.77.

On the other hand Hang Seng gained 8.65 points or 0.04% to 22,039.04, Jakarta Composite was tad higher by 0.70 points or 0.02% to 4,275.67. Nikkei 225 gained 62.25 points or 0.66% to 9,508.26, Straits Times was up by 8.38 points or 0.26% to 3,078.61, Seoul Composite was up by 7.53 points or 0.41% to 1,940.70 and Taiwan Weighted was trading higher by 29.13 points or 0.38% to 7,609.36.

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