Asian markets trade mostly in green on Wednesday

05 Dec 2012 Evaluate

The Asian markets have started mostly in green with Chinese market taking the lead, surging by around three percent in early trade. However, traders in the region were concerned with the US President Barack Obama holding his ground on raising tax rates for the highest-income Americans. There was some additional concern in the region after Australian economic growth slowed to 0.5 percent in the third quarter compared to the previous quarter on the weakest consumer demand in two and half years and tighter government spending.

Shanghai Composite has surged by 59.44 points or 3.01% to 2,034.58, Hang Seng gained 272.23 points or 1.25% to 22,072.20, KLSE Composite was up by 4.48 points or 0.28% to 1,612.08, Nikkei 225 gained 11.19 points or 0.12% to 9,443.65, Straits Times was up by 10.67 points or 0.35% to 3,074.13, Seoul Composite was up by 10.00 points or 0.52% to 1,945.39 and Taiwan Weighted was trading higher by 42.90 points or 0.56% to 7,644.25.

On the other hand, Jakarta Composite down by 1.10 points or 0.05% to 4,267.78 was the lone loser.

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