Down the main index ended trading on Asian markets. Deepened investor concerns about the development of the debt crisis in Europe and doubts about their “health” of the U.S. economy. In Japan, the Nikkei closed with a fall of 2.2% to 8590 points, which is its lowest closing level this year. In Australia, the S & P / ASX 200 wrote off 1.5 percent and South Korea’s Kospi fell 0.7 percent. In Hong Kong Hang Seng wiped 1.8 per cent while the Shanghai Composite Index (SCI) in Shanghai fell 0.5%.
“The news, especially the euro area continued to be negative,” commented strategists from Credit Agricole.
The largest decreases noted shares of financial companies. Shares of HSBC Holdings fell 3.5 percent on the stock exchange in Hong Kong, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group fell assess their market by 3.4% in Tokyo and Westpac Banking Corp. – 2.3% in Sydney. For sales and is preparing Wall Street. Futures contracts show that today the trade will be dominated by negative moods.

The crude Oil prices rose today in Asian electronic trading, after rising on the stock exchanges in Asia. The U.S. light crude for delivery in June increased its value by 69 cents to 70.73 dollars a barrel. Trading of raw material, however, moved uncertain, the price is low or below $ 70 because of ongoing concerns about the ability of governments worldwide to pay its obligations, as well as uncertainty about future monetary policy of China. London’s Brent North Sea add 31 cents to 71.99 dollars a barrel. Asian stock markets for the new week started hesitantly, but then the major indexes began to show a profit. Growth stood at the head of the shares of Chinese construction companies due to rising hopes that Beijing may slow the tightening of measures to curb booming realty sector. Shanghai Composite added over 3% of its value, while Hang Seng Index rose 0.6 percent. In India, the Sensex has advanced by 1.2 per cent in Korea is up to 0.4%. Exception to the general picture made Japanese Nikkei 225. Light finish trade fell by 0.27 per cent. Dark mood in Japan was driven by concerns about possible “contamination” disease “debt crisis”, vihreshta on the Old Continent.
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The stock market indexes in Asia and the Pacific region remained negative territory for the fifth session today because of concerns about Debt Crisis in Europe and the imposition of additional restrictions in Germany on securities trading in financial markets. The regional MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 1.8 percent to 112.69 points and is on track to finish the session at its lowest level since the beginning of September 2009, according to Bloomberg. Regional stock measure goes down rapidly in the last month, having completed all sessions of decline since the beginning of May, not two. Regional economic data today showed that Japan’s economy has surged for the fourth consecutive quarter, which, however, was weaker than expected amount of 1.2% quarterly and 4.9% of equated to annual basis. Meanwhile, Singapore has announced record growth of 38.6 percent on an annual basis aligned to the base. Nevertheless, the exchange in Tokyo the Nikkei 225 fell by 1,5% to 10 030.31 points and the Singapore Straits Times index major retreat by 0,4% to 2 763.89 points. Most among national indexes in the region, however, lower South Korean Kospi, which lost 1.8 percent to 1600 points. This gave rise to the news that South Korea has accused its northern communist neighbor that has sunk its warship in March with a torpedo.
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The exchange session in the Asia Pacific region passed under the dictation of the bears as the regional index MSCI Asia Pacific reported its biggest decline for the past three months. The reason for this were problems in the euro area and new regulations on real estate market in China that threaten to collapse in house prices. Today MSCI Asia Pacific fell 2.4 percent to 119.77 points, all markets in the region colored in red. Strongest decline in the stock was China, where CSI 300 lost 4.6 percent goals to 2 896.86 points. Today was particularly strong pressure on the industry of real estate that were on sale. In Hong Kong Hang Seng retreated by 0.96 per cent to 20 Punta 133.41, while in Taiwan Taiex lost 1.5 percent to 7 579.48 points. Exchange in South Korea did Kospi slid 2 percent to 1 684.71 points. Japan’s main Nikkei 225 index lost 3.3 percent today, which is its biggest daily decline since March last year so far.
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The wave of increased sales, which covered yesterday the securities markets in Europe and the U.S. broke today and Asian stock exchanges. Although it was expected, the decision by ratings agency Standard & Poor’s to cut the credit rating of Greece and Portugal brought sharp decreases in the indexes and the risk premium on government securities of the two countries jumped sharply. Regional stock measure MSCI Asia Pacific, which brings together public companies from 10 Asian countries plus Australia and New Zealand slid 1.6 percent to 125.20 points today. This is his fourth decline in five trading session, and meanwhile the cost of insurance to protect against the failure of Asian countries reached its highest level since February. Stock prices of raw materials and the euro rate fell because of concerns that the fiscal crisis in Greece will be released in the eurozone. President of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet will meet with German politicians and the head of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn in Berlin today to discuss a possible rescue plan for Greece. All ten industry groups included in the MSCI Asia Pacific, noted a sharp drop as financial companies ran among the losers. Among national indexes in the region most Japanese Nikkei fell 225, which slid 2.6 percent to 10 924.79 points as investors shrugged off a strong 5-percent increase in retail sales in Japan in March.
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The companies in the consumer and telecommunications sectors made a positive impetus to the indexes in the Asian and Pacific region and have helped them to delete part of a strong loss yesterday. This gave rise to good sales figures of some large chains of retail in the U.S. in March, which showed that consumption is reduced and will support the economy. Moreover, major Japanese retailers Seven & I and Fast Retailing today predicted better financial results for the current financial year, which raised prices of their shares over 3 percent of the exchange in Tokyo. The regional index MSCI Asia Pacific, which includes stock companies from ten Asian countries plus Australia and New Zealand, added 0.2 percent to 127.79 points and increased his lead from the beginning of the week up 1%. Since the beginning of this year MSCI Asia Pacific rose by 6.1 per cent. Best known today are stock exchanges in China, Hong Kong and India. Wide Chinese Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.9 percent to 3 146 points, supported by media and telecommunications companies. Exchange of Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 1.6% to 22 208.50 points, which is near its highest level in three months. Although today’s Shanghai Composite finished elevations week with a decline of 0.4 percent, but while Hang Seng records strong growth of 3.1 percent on a weekly basis. Today it became clear that sales of cars in China grew by 63% yoy in March, supported by government measures to boost consumption.
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Extractive companies and banks have brought a slight growth of Asian markets, after Australia & New Zealand Banking Group surprise their shareholders with news that will enter Taiwan, and metals prices rose. Meanwhile, companies in the residential sector of Japan and China are ranked among the losers, after local authorities in China have proceeded once again to restrict sales of land, while land prices in Japan reported its strongest decline for the past 36 years. The regional index MSCI Asia Pacific, which monitors stock markets in ten Asian countries, Australia and New Zealand, added 0.1 percent to 124.40 points during today’s session. Friday’s trading ended with significant decreases in most measures of national stock exchange in the region after the Indian central bank increased for the first time in the past two years its main interest rate as a step to combat rising inflation in the country. Most – by 0.7% to 3 053 points lower today Chinese broad index Shanghai Composite, followed by the index of blue chip Nikkei 225 in Japan, which slid 0.5 percent to 10 774 points. Of negative territory and closed stock trading in Taiwan, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, the Australian index S & P / ASX 200 rose by 0.9 percent to 4 874.8 points, led by mining and financial companies. Shares of all major banks rose, with the most – by 3%, increase the price of shares of Australia & New Zealand Banking Group.
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The rally in Asian and Pacific stock markets continue after China reported the export of its first annual growth for the past 14 months in December. The growth of imports of goods into the country to record levels has an even better sign for the prospects of the global economy. Moreover, last year China has become the biggest market for cars gain on U.S. forward Bloomberg. Sales of cars, buses and trucks in the country increased by 46% yoy to 13.6 million units compared to 10.4 million units in the United States. The regional index MSCI Asia Pacific, excluding Japan, rose by 1.1 percent during today’s session at 432.24 points. Most of extractive companies that helped after the delivery of copper in three months rose by nearly 3% to 7 675 dollars per metric ton on the London Stock Exchange. Gold price, in turn, jumped to a record 1.8 percent last month to 1 158.4 dollars an ounce. With increased session ended in Shanghai, where the Shanghai Composite rose by 0.5 percent to 3 212.75 points, led by financial companies and those in the real estate sector. Yesterday it became clear that exports to China increased by 17.7% yoy in December to 130.7 billion dollars, while imports of Asian countries increased by nearly 56 percent to a record high value of 112.3 billion dollars. Complete with increased trade and exchange in Hong Kong where the Hang Seng added 0.5% to its value at 22 411.52 points. More strongly increased the index of blue chips in Australia S & P / ASX 200, which rose by 0.8 percent to 4 950.7 points, supported by extractive companies. New Zealand NZX 50 closed session, however, negative territory, losing 0.2 percent to 3 303.75 points.
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After a painful downturn last week, most stock indexes in Asia and the Pacific region began this week with significant increases. Optimism prevailed among investors after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said they would support their banks, which fell into difficulty because of the insolvency of the investment fund Dubai World. Most local currencies rose, and risk premiums on corporate bonds fell. The regional index MSCI Asia Pacific, which monitors the securities markets in ten Asian countries plus Australia and New Zealand, rose 3.5 percent to 117.85 points. This is the strongest measure of stock market growth since the beginning of April this year. Today, the UAE central bank said it stands behind the credit companies in the seven Arab Emirates, and the government of China confirmed that it will not hurry to withdraw its measures to support the economy. The financial companies in the composition of the MSCI Asia Pacific contributed most to the strong increase of the index today after last week suffered the most along the news about the financial problems of Dubai. The main stock index fell in Dubai with a record 7.2 percent last year, and the Abu Dhabi stock slid more than 8%. Today was the first business day of the exchanges in the UAE, which closed late last week because of holidays in the Arab world. The Japanese Nikkei 225 rose by 2.9 percent to 9345.6 points. Shares of exporting companies rose, although the rate of the yen against the dollar increased by 0.7 percent today. This increases the cost of Japanese goods companies abroad. In India, the BSE Sensex 30 rose 1.7 percent to 914.1 points to 16 after the country’s economy grew more than expected by 7.9 percent for the period July-September compared to last year.
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