Most of Asian markets conclude Friday’s trade in green

27 Sep 2013 Evaluate

Most of the Asian markets barring Nikkei 225 concluded Friday’s trade in green. Asian currencies fell this week, led by Indonesia’s rupiah and Malaysia’s ringgit. Indonesia’s government will announce August trade data next week, after imports exceeded exports by an unprecedented $2.3 billion in July. Japan’s core consumer inflation in August hit its highest level in nearly five years, while prices of personal electronics rose for the first time since 1992 - signs Japan may be emerging from 15 years of nagging deflation. The Core consumer prices, which include oil products but exclude volatile prices of fresh food, rose 0.8% in August from a year earlier after a 0.7% increase in July, marking the third straight month of gains. Standard & Poor’s stated that Japan could face a debt downgrade if it does not shrink its budget deficit, which is unlikely to return to primary balance by a fiscal 2020 target even if Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s policies go well.

The values of Hong Kong’s total goods exports and imports recorded year-on-year dip of 1.3% and 0.2% in August, the Census & Statistics Department stated. The value of total goods exports fell to $307.5 billion. Within this total, the value of re-exports decreased 1.2% to $302.6 billion, while that of domestic exports dropped 10.4% to $4.9 billion. Besides, mortgage loan approvals in August fell 8.5% month-on-month to $14.5 billion. Among the mortgage loans approved, those for primary market transactions rose 44.5% to $1.6 billion and those for secondary market transactions dropped 16.9% to $9.9 billion. The mortgage loans for refinancing increased 5% to $3 billion.

Asian Indices

Last Trade

Change in Points

Change in %

Shanghai Composite

2160.03

4.22

0.20

Hang Seng

23207.04

82.01

0.35

Jakarta Composite

4423.72

17.83

0.40

KLSE Composite

1776.16

2.00

0.11

Nikkei 225

14760.07

-39.05

-0.26

Straits Times

3210.18

15.87

0.50

KOSPI Composite

2011.80

4.48

0.22

Taiwan Weighted

8230.68

46.00

0.56

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