Most of the Asian equity indices are trading in the green terrain in Thursday’s morning deals, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street and rise in Europe markets. The sentiments remained sanguine after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke’s suggested stimulus policies may continue for longer than expected. Back on regional turf, Japanese Nikkei rose to an eight-week high on Bernanke’s comment. However, Chinese benchmark declined by over half a percent after the pace of the monthly rise in Chinese home prices slowed slightly in June for a third straight month, though the year-on-year gains were the strongest this year, underlining challenges faced by Beijing in its fight to tame housing inflation.
Hang Seng rose 4.85 points or 0.02% to 21,376.72, Jakarta Composite increased 18.05 points or 0.39% to 4,697.05, KLSE Composite jumped 3.28 points or 0.18% to 1,791.94, Nikkei 225 surged 125.62 points or 0.86% to 14,740.66 and Straits Times was up by 14.16 points or 0.44% to 3,222.49.
On the flip side, Shanghai Composite declined 10.61 points or 0.52% to 2,034.32, Seoul Composite contracted 10.08 points or 0.53% to 1,877.41 and Taiwan Weighted was down by 65.97 points or 0.80% to 8,192.98.
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