Buoyed by firm cues from US market, all the Asian equity indices are trading in the green in early deals on Thursday. The sentiments remained bolster after US Federal Reserve head Ben Bernanke reaffirmed the central bank’s huge monetary easing scheme. Back on regional turf, Japanese Nikkei surged the most, garnering over two percent ahead of the nomination of the new Bank of Japan’s Governor and after a report showed a rise in industrial production.
Shanghai Composite surged 14.21 points or 0.61% to 2,327.43, Hang Seng soared 273.84 points or 1.21% to 22,850.85, Jakarta Composite strengthened 46.15 points or 0.98% to 4,762.56, KLSE Composite rose 2.98 points or 0.18% to 1,627.12, Nikkei 225 zoomed 244.83 points or 2.18% to 11,498.80, Straits Times added 1.88 points or 0.06% to 3,263.00, KOSPI Composite increased 19.54 points or 0.98% to 2,023.58 and Taiwan Weighted was up by 17.08 points or 0.22% to 7,897.98.
