Asian markets conclude Friday’s trade in green

27 Dec 2013 Evaluate

The Asian markets concluded Friday’s trade in green with Chinese shares outperformed the region, as a week-long spike in interbank lending rates settled, easing concerns about the health of China’s financial system. China’s economy could approach $21 trillion over the next eight or nine years, nearing the size of that of the US, even as growth is expected to slow to around 6% from about 7.5% currently, according to a major Chinese research institute. Thailand Industrial Production fell to a seasonally adjusted -10.6%, from -4.0% in the preceding month.

Japan’s retail activity accelerated in November, while industrial production inched up just slightly. Retail sales rose 4% from a year earlier, picking up their pace from October’s revised 2.4% rise, while large retailers saw their same-store sales grow by an annual 0.6%, swinging from a 0.1% decline the previous month. Industrial output, meanwhile, ticked up by a seasonally adjusted 0.1% during November, slowing sharply from October’s 1% rise. Still, a survey of manufacturers included in the monthly data set showed expectations for December’s result to climb 2.8%, while January’s result was tipped to surge 4.6%.

Japan moved a bit closer to its inflation goal in November, with data showing a 1.2% rise for the core consumer price index from a year earlier. It was also higher than the 0.9% increase in October. That marked the sixth straight month of price rises and brought the country closer to the 2% inflation target pledged by the government and the Bank of Japan.

Asian Indices

Last Trade

Change in Points

Change in %

Shanghai Composite

2101.25

28.15

1.36

Hang Seng

23243.24

63.69

0.27

Jakarta Composite

4212.98

10.15

0.24

KLSE Composite

1861.06

16.96

0.92

Nikkei 225

16178.94

4.50

0.03

Straits Times

3149.76

15.40

0.49

KOSPI Composite

2002.28

2.98

0.15

Taiwan Weighted

8535.04

49.15

0.58

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