Asian equities showcase a relief rally; Hang Seng jumps over 2%

28 Nov 2011 Evaluate

Asian equity indices showcased a relief rally and jumped to higher levels in the Monday morning session as investors hunted for oversold but fundamentally strong bargains, after the recent streak of declines. Investors added positions with conviction on expectations that European leaders will boost efforts and announce some concrete steps to avert the nightmarish debt debacle. Reports that IMF is considering a rescue plan worth up to 600 billion euros for Italy, reinforced some amount of confidence in investors. Euro zone leaders also discussed a deal among themselves to institute strict new budget rules for their nations, instead of the long, complicated process of amending European Union treaties in order to act more quickly and reassure skeptical jittery financial markets. Moreover, retail sales broke records during the Thanksgiving weekend and surged to $52.4 billion, up 16% from $45 billion last year in the US, giving a much needed boost to a long-suffering economy and raising retailers' hopes for the best holiday shopping season ever.

The benchmarks in Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan rallied around two percent higher on the back of encouraging developments from both side of Atlantic. Shares in Hong Kong remained the top gainer in the space amid optimism that more will be done to contain Europe's sovereign-debt crisis and after Thanksgiving weekend sales.

Shanghai Composite climbed 14.91 points or 0.63% to 2,395.14, Hang Seng spurted 384.12 points or 2.17% to 18,073.60, Jakarta Composite gained 5.63 points or 0.15% to 3,642.82, Nikkei 225 soared 144.35 points or 1.77% to 8,304.36, Straits Times surged 38.53 points or 1.46% to 2,682.46, Seoul Composite zoomed 36.30 points or 2.04% to 1,812.70 and Taiwan Weighted jumped 128.46 points or 1.89% to 6,912.98.

Stock markets in Malaysia remained shut in observance of Awal Muharram.

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