Asian markets trade jubilantly in early deals on Friday

28 Jun 2013 Evaluate

Extending their previous session’s rally, all the Asian equity indices are trading jubilantly in early deals on Friday, as risk appetite improved after three US Federal Reserve officials eased investors' concern over tapering off the bond-buying programme. Back on regional turf, Japanese markets surged over three and a half percent after the nation’s core consumer prices came flat in May compared with a year earlier, marking the first time they have stopped falling in seven months. Meanwhile, Japanese industrial output rose 2% in May from the previous month, up for the fourth consecutive month, a sign that a pick-up in exports is underpinning factory output and the broader economy.

Shanghai Composite rose 15.26 points or 0.78% to 1,965.27, Hang Seng surged 238.51 points or 1.17% to 20,678.59, Jakarta Composite soared 79.24points or 1.69% to 4,754.99, KLSE Composite jumped 14.78 points or 0.84% to 1,766.35, Nikkei 225 zoomed 479.13 points or 3.63% to 13,692.68, Straits Times increased 29.11 points or 0.93% to 3,147.14, KOSPI Composite added 26.35 points or 1.44% to 1,861.05 and Taiwan Weighted was up by 50.99 points or 0.65% to 7,934.89.

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