Asian equities rally in early deals

11 Apr 2013 Evaluate

All the Asian equity indices are trading in the green in Thursday’s morning session, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street after investors shrugged off the less dovish Fed minutes of meeting. Hopes for Japanese central-bank easing too lifted the sentiment, while Chinese stocks climbed after a boost in bank lending and expectations for lower corporate taxes. However, South Korea’s Kospi traded flat in the early deals after the Bank of Korea surprised markets by refraining from a widely expected interest-rate cut.

Shanghai Composite rose 3.02 points or 0.14% to 2,229.15, Hang Seng surged 185.98 points or 0.84% to 22,220.54, Jakarta Composite increased 27.02 points or 0.55% to 4,904.50, KLSE Composite jumped 10.49 points or 0.62% to 1,706.69, Nikkei 225 soared 147.63 points or 1.11% to 13,435.76, Straits Times strengthened 13.69 points or 0.42% to 3,306.94, KOSPI Composite added 0.76 points or 0.04% to 1,936.34 and Taiwan Weighted was up by 79.89 points or 1.03% to 7,832.69.

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