Asian markets conclude Thursday’s trade mostly in green

19 Dec 2013 Evaluate

The Asian markets concluded Thursday’s trade mostly in green with Japanese stocks closing at the highest level since November 2007 after the Federal Reserve announced plans to begin tapering its monthly bond-buying program. The US Federal Reserve’s move to pare back its bond-buying program signals that the world’s biggest economy is improving. Indonesia’s rupiah fell to a five- year low and government bonds dropped. Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry stated that Japan’s All Industries Activity Index fell to a seasonally adjusted -0.2%, from 0.4% in the preceding month.

Shanghai again led China’s house-price increases in November as a rebound in demand offset government measures to curb the market. The National Bureau of Statistics said prices for new residential properties, excluding government-funded affordable housing, rose year on year in all but one of the 70 major cities it tracks, unchanged from October and September. In Shanghai, prices surged 21.9% from a year earlier, after gaining 21.4% in October. The city was followed by an increase of 21.1% in Beijing, 21.0% in Shenzhen and 20.9% in Guangzhou, all so-called tier-1 cities.

Asian Indices

Last Trade

Change in Points

Change in %

Shanghai Composite

2127.79

-20.49

-0.95

Hang Seng

22888.75

-255.07

-1.10

Jakarta Composite

4231.98

35.70

0.85

KLSE Composite

1846.18

-1.32

-0.07

Nikkei 225

15859.22

271.42

1.74

Straits Times

3070.23

8.45

0.28

KOSPI Composite

1975.65

1.02

0.05

Taiwan Weighted

8407.40

58.36

0.70

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