Most of the Asian equity indices are trading higher on Monday after a corporate-results-driven rally on Wall Street. Moreover, Chinese Shanghai Composite surged over one and a half percent amid a relatively positive earnings outlook, even as data released on January 27, 2013 showed profit at major Chinese industrial enterprises grew by only 5.3 percent in 2012, nearly one-fifth of the 25.4 percent jump seen the previous year. However, Japanese stocks fell from near three-year highs as investors took profit off the table. South Korean KOSPI fell half a percent, after closing on Friday at an eight-week low, weighed by caution ahead of fourth-quarter earnings and a stronger won hitting exporters.
Shanghai Composite surged 37.41 points or 1.63% to 2,328.71, Hang Seng rose 108.22 points or 0.46% to 23,688.65, Straits Times added 7.28 points or 0.22% to 3,276.59 and Taiwan Weighted was up by 28.05 points or 0.37% to 7,700.63.
On the flip side, Jakarta Composite declined 18.63 points or 0.42% to 4,418.96, Nikkei 225 slipped 43.31 points or 0.40% to 10,883.34 and KOSPI Composite was down by 9.13 points or 0.47% to 1,937.56.
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