World’s top central banks’ move triggers euphoria in Asian markets

01 Dec 2011 Evaluate

The stock markets across Asia are ebulliently rallying with colossal gains in the range of two to six percent thanks to the wonderful tidings on the global front. Amid the ongoing global credit crunch and lingering Euro-zone woes, the consortium of world’s top central banks’ move to pump liquidity into the global financial system, sent equities in the region soaring. The six leading central banks including US, Canada, UK, Japan, Switzerland and Europe acted in concert by joining forces to lend dollars more cheaply to foreign banks. Moreover, encouraging economic reports from the US like the payroll processor ADP data which showed unexpectedly strong jobs growth and the jump in number of Americans signing home-buying contracts in October, too filliped sentiments.

The benchmark in Hong Kong remained the top gainer in the space as it rallied with close to six percent gains on the back of major central bank’s coordinated action and also after People's Bank of China cut its reserve requirement ratio for the first time in over three years. Shares in South Korea, Taiwan and China too traded with massive gains of around thre and half a percent.

Shanghai Composite zoomed 83.26 points or 3.57% to 2,416.68, Hang Seng rocketed 1,035.67 points or 5.76% to 19,025.02, Jakarta Composite jumped 87.21 points or 2.35% to 3,802.29, KLSE Composite soared 25.50 points or 1.73% to 1,497.60, Nikkei 225 surged 177.39 points or 2.10% to 8,612.00, Straits Times amassed 63.46 points or 2.35% to 2,765.92, Seoul Composite shot up 67.88 points or 3.67% to 1,915.39 and Taiwan Weighted accumulated 245.78 points or 3.56% to 7,149.90.

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