Most of the Asian equity indices shut shop in the green terrain on Thursday as sentiments remained up-beat ahead of European Central Bank meeting and the US non-farm payrolls report. Back on regional turf, Hong Kong shares produced their first gain in three sessions, as investors covered short positions ahead of the ECB meeting. Meanwhile, South Korean Kospi Composite edged higher by over half a percent on report that South Korea has proposed a working-level talk with North Korea to discuss restarting a shuttered joint industrial complex in the North. However, the Japanese market ended the session in the red as the yen moved back above the 100 mark against the dollar overnight.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 2006.10 | 11.83 | 0.59 |
Hang Seng | 20468.67 | 321.36 | 1.60 |
Jakarta Composite | 4581.93 | 4.78 | 0.10 |
KLSE Composite | 1171.34 | 2.13 | 0.12 |
Nikkei 225 | 14018.93 | -36.63 | -0.26 |
Straits Times | 3147.12 | 17.63 | 0.56 |
KOSPI Composite | 1839.14 | 14.48 | 0.79 |
Taiwan Weighted | 7893.72 | -17.70 | -0.22 |