Asian equities exhibit mixed trends in Monday trades

05 Dec 2011 Evaluate

Asian equity markets traded on a mixed note in morning trades of first day of the new week as sentiments largely remained influenced by flat closing on Wall Street over the weekend. Markets in some parts of the region traded in the green terrain with moderate gains on the back of encouraging US employment report and as Italy's cabinet unveiled austerity measures in the weekend. However, cautiousness prevailed largely across the region since marketmen looked ahead to a meeting between France and Germany to save the euro as well as the European Central Bank's policy meeting later in the week.

Japanese benchmark climbed by around half a percent as sentiment got supported by depreciation in yen against the American greenback and an unexpected drop in the US unemployment rate. However, the markets in China slipped by over half a percent and extended the fourth straight weekly loss, on concerns of a slowing economy.

Shanghai Composite declined 14.88 points or 0.63% to 2,345.78, Jakarta Composite eased 6.94 points or 0.18% to 3,772.90, Straits Times slipped 7.33 points or 0.26% to 2,766.03 and Taiwan Weighted shed 39.92 points or 0.56% to 7,100.76.

On the flipside, Hang Seng climbed 100.93 points or 0.53% to 19,141.32, KLSE Composite gained 1.60 points or 0.11% to 1,490.62, Nikkei 225 added 45.94 points or 0.53% to 8,689.69 and Seoul Composite rose 2.56 points or 0.13% to 1,918.60.

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