Asian markets have mostly made a positive start of the new week, as the mixed US jobs data gave a sense that Fed may not be very aggressive in stimulus tapering in its forthcoming March 18 policy meeting. The Chinese market has taken the lead, trading up by over one and half a percent in early deals despite the Chinese central bank saying that investors will have to tolerate further volatility in money market rates as it reins in credit growth. The Central bank signaled the borrowing costs will rise, underscoring the risk of defaults that could weigh on confidence and drag down growth. The Japanese market too was trading higher as the yen declined after report of a record current account deficit for December. Japan’s shortfall on the widest measure of trade widened to a record 638.6 billion yen ($6.2 billion) in December, following a 592.8 billion yen gap the prior month.
Shanghai Composite surged by 32.15 points or 1.57% to 2,076.64, Jakarta Composite gained 27.71 points or 0.62% to 4,494.38, KLSE Composite was up by 7.68 points or 0.42% to 1,816.27, Nikkei 225 moved up by 164.38 points or 1.14% to 14,626.79, Seoul Composite was up by 2.27 points or 0.12% to 1,924.77 and Taiwan Weighted gained 21.40 points or 0.26% to 8,408.75.
On the other hand Hang Seng was marginally down by 23.22 points or 0.11% to 21,613.63 and Straits Times was lower by 3.20 points or 0.11% to 3,009.94.
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