Asian markets rally in early deals on Friday

23 Aug 2013 Evaluate

Asian markets are trading jubilantly in the green in early deals on Friday as investors opted to buy beaten down but fundamentally strong stocks tracking a positive lead from the US and European markets where the mood was upbeat overnight on back of some impressive economic data. Meanwhile, Japanese Nikkei rallied sharply around two and a half percent with the yen declining against the US dollar and the overnight positive close on Wall Street lifting sentiments to a significant extent and triggering heavy buying almost across the board. Among other markets in the Asia-Pacific region, Hong Kong, Indonesia, South Korea and Taiwan are trading notably higher, while Shanghai, Malaysia and Singapore are up with modest gains

Shanghai Composite rose 6.26 points or 0.30% to 2,073.38, Hang Seng strengthened 115.67 points or 0.53% to 22,011.07, Jakarta Composite surged 56.89 points or 1.36% to 4,228.31, KLSE Composite increased 7.31 points or 0.42% to 1,727.68, Nikkei 225 soared 333.27 points or 2.49% to 13,698.44, Straits Times jumped 10.05 points or 0.33% to 3,099.45, Seoul Composite added 21.91 points or 1.18% to 1,871.03 and Taiwan Weighted was up by 68.14 points or 0.87% to 7,882.52. 

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