Asian markets trade mostly higher on Friday

08 Feb 2013 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity indices are trading in the green terrain in Friday’s morning deals after China’s trade data for January handily beat forecasts to underscore a recovery trend. Chinese exports grew 25.0 percent in January from a year ago, the strongest showing since April 2011 and well ahead of market expectations for a 17 percent rise, while imports also beat forecasts, surging 28.8 percent on the year. However, Japanese Nikkei declined by over a percent after posting a back-to-back monthly current-account deficits for the first time in last 28 years. Also, the largest consumer-electronics maker Sony posted an eighth straight quarterly loss.

Shanghai Composite rose 8.29 points or 0.34% to 2,426.82, Hang Seng increased 25.63 points or 0.11% to 23,202.63, KLSE Composite added 2.44 points or 0.15% to 1,622.01, Straits Times jumped 9.37 points or 0.29% to 3,271.14 and KOSPI Composite was up by 18.13 points or 0.94% to 1,949.90.

On the flip side, Jakarta Composite slipped 1.50 points or 0.03% to 4,501.65 and Nikkei 225 was up by 132.58 points or 1.17% to 11,224.49.

Taiwan Weighted remained shut for the trade today.

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