Asian markets end higher mostly higher on Thursday

12 Jan 2023 Evaluate

Asian markets ended mostly higher on Thursday following the broadly positive cues from US markets overnight, as the markets reflected optimism about the highly anticipated US consumer price inflation report due later today. The report is expected to show a slowdown in the annual rate of consumer price growth and could have a significant impact on the outlook for interest rates. Some support also came in as Japan posted a current account surplus of 1,803.6 billion yen in November, up 16.4 percent on year. That beat expectations for a surplus of 471 billion yen following the 64.1 billion yen deficit in October. Exports were up 20.7 percent on year at 9.008 trillion yen and imports jumped an annual 33.8 percent to 10.546 trillion yen for a trade deficit of 1.537 trillion yen. Chinese market ended slightly higher after swinging between modest gains and losses in thin trading volumes ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays.

Asian Indices

Last Trade            

Change in Points

Change in %  

Shanghai Composite

3,163.45

1.61

0.05

Hang Seng

21,514.10

78.05

0.36

Jakarta Composite

6,629.93

45.48

0.69

KLSE Composite

1,488.66

0.79

0.05

Nikkei 225

26,449.82

3.82

0.01

Straits Times

3,267.78

-3.73

-0.11

KOSPI Composite

2,365.10

5.57

0.24

Taiwan Weighted

14,731.64

-19.80

-0.13




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