Asian equities soar on European optimism, Japanese export data

24 Oct 2011 Evaluate

Asian equity indices have got off to a promising start on the first day of a new week and most of them are currently trading with large gains in the range of 1-4%. Sentiments in the region got buoyed by the European leaders’ assurances of an upcoming rescue deal for the region’s lingering debt problem. The weekend meeting of EU leaders resulted in “good progress”, though not many concrete details were announced post the meet, investors remain optimistic that region’s policy makers will announce significant measures on Wednesday to bolster the bailout fund and resolve Greece's debt crisis, while also supporting the region’s banks.Over the weekend rally on Wall Street too supported sentiments in Asia amid speculations that QE3 might become warranted if necessary to boost the US economy challenged by unemployment and financial turmoil.

Benchmark in Tokyo traded with solid gains in the session after Japanese exports rose at a better than expected pace and signaled that the global economic outlook may not be as bad as feared earlier. Shares on Shanghai too have rebounded after trading in the red terrain earler as China’s Flash PMI indicated that resilient manufacturing activity in the country accelerated in October after a three-month contraction as new orders and new export orders strengthened.

Shanghai Composite gained 7.04 points or 0.30% to 2,324.31, Hang Seng rocketed 586.95 points or 3.26% to 18,612.67, Jakarta Composite spurted 68.84 points or 1.90% to 3,689.51, KLSE Composite climbed 17.54 points or 1.22% to 1,456.37, Nikkei 225 surged 119.92 points or 1.38% to 8,798.81, Straits Times ascended 46.53 points or 1.72% to 2,758.94, Seoul Composite soared 43.61 points or 2.37% to 1,881.99 and Taiwan Weighted jumped 186.67 points or 2.57% to 7,441.18.

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