Asian markets extend last session’s rally in early trade

05 Jul 2013 Evaluate

Extending their last session’s rally, all the Asian equity indices, barring KOSPI Composite, are trading in the positive terrain, as investors continued to pile-up positions in riskier assets taking cues from the European markets. Sentiments remained upbeat following the European Central Bank and the Bank of England overnight pledging to keep interest rates low for an extended period to support growth. The Japanese stock market too were trading jubilantly, garnering over one and a half percent with investors picking up stocks as stronger dollar lifted the sentiment to a notable extent.

Shanghai Composite rose 4.74 points or 0.24% to 2,010.84, Hang Seng surged 297.88 points or 1.46% to 20,766.55, Jakarta Composite jumped 15.18 points or 0.33% to 4,597.11, KLSE Composite increased 4.66 points or 0.26% to 1,776.00, Nikkei 225 soared 193.62 points or 1.38% to 14,212.55, Straits Times added 18.66 points or 0.59% to 3,165.78 and Taiwan Weighted was up by 119.52 points or 1.51% to 8,013.24.

On the flip side, KOSPI Composite was down by 2.32 points or 0.13% to 1,836.82.

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