The Asian markets have made a mixed start, while some of the indices are trading marginally in red some others have surged considerably in morning trade. The Chinese market has extended their gains, while the Korean shares rallied from a two-month low after the baht extended declines versus the dollar. However, the Japanese market has taken the lead with investors picking up stocks, following the yen's weakness against the US dollar. On the economic front, the index measuring tertiary industry activity in Japan was down a seasonally adjusted 0.2 percent on month in September, at 100.1. That misses forecasts for an increase of 0.2 percent following the 0.7 percent gain in August. In a separate development, the Bank of Japan reported that the M2 money stock in Japan was up 4.1 percent on year in October, at 852.1 trillion yen. That exceeded forecasts for an increase of 3.9 percent, which would have been unchanged from the September reading.
Shanghai Composite was up by 5.31 points or 0.25% to 2,114.79, Nikkei 225 surged by 240.72 points or 1.69% to 14,510.56, Seoul Composite was up by 18.97 points or 0.96% to 1,996.12 and Taiwan Weighted gained 15.28 points or 0.19% to 8,196.39.
On the other hand, Hang Seng lost 156.43 points or 0.68% to 22,913.42, KLSE Composite declined by 6.46 points or 0.36% to 1,797.75, Jakarta Composite was down by 20.95 points or 0.47% to 4,421.33, and Straits Times was down by 0.91 points or 0.03% to 3,185.57.
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