Asian markets trade mostly higher; Nikkei soars over 2%

18 Feb 2013 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity indices are trading higher on Monday led by Japanese Nikkei, which rallied by over two percent as yen fell after Tokyo escaped direct criticism from the G20 peers on its aggressive reflationary plans that have weakened the currency. Chinese Shanghai too rose by over half a percent on their first day after the long holiday, with investors remaining optimistic about the domestic economy following strong trade data at the beginning of the month.

Shanghai Composite rose 14.87 points or 0.61% to 2,433.40, Jakarta Composite added 4.78 points or 0.10% to 4,614.56, Nikkei 225 soared 241.03 points or 2.16% to 11,414.86, Straits Times increased 2.41 points or 0.07% to 3,285.48 and Taiwan Weighted was down by 41.33 points or 0.52% to 7,947.98.

On the flip side, Hang Seng declined by 83.27 points or 0.36% to 23,361.29, KLSE Composite slipped by 3.93 points or 0.24% to 1,624.00 and KOSPI Composite was down by 3.72 points or 0.19% to 1,977.46.

 

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