Jubilation prolongs for second straight day in Asian region

05 Jul 2013 Evaluate

Prolonging the previous session’s rally, all the Asian equity indices barring Kospi Composite, ended in the green on last trading day of the week, as investors piled-up positions in risky assets ahead of US monthly jobs data, which is expected to show modest improvement in US hiring. Sentiments also 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. Chinese benchmark edged little higher to hit highest close in two weeks on Friday, as strength in the property sector helped indexes to their first weekly gain in five ahead of a slew of June economic data next week.

Asian Indices

Last Trade

Change in Points

Change in %

Shanghai Composite

2007.20

1.10

0.05

Hang Seng

20854.67

386.00

1.89

Jakarta Composite

4602.87

20.87

0.46

KLSE Composite

1772.27

0.93

0.05

Nikkei 225

14309.97

291.04

2.08

Straits Times

3169.73

22.61

0.72

KOSPI Composite

1833.31

-5.83

-0.32

Taiwan Weighted

8001.82

108.10

1.37

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