The Asian indexes continue to win territory after the beginning of the positive trend on Friday amid optimism that the new government in Greece and Italy will help to contain the European debt crisis and after two influential Chinese economists said the economy is behaving as expected policies restricted lending, slow inflation and tame housing prices. The regional MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 1.2 percent to 118.81 points today, about 4 shares it rose to each, which reduced its value, and 10 sub-index registered progress. The Japanese Nikkei 225 gained 1.05 percent to 8 603.70 points, after it became clear that the country has emerged from recession, growth in the second quarter of the Japanese financial year has reached 6% equated to an annual base, which is best result for the last 2 and half years. The shares of Nissan Motor Co. value increased by 2% to 719 yen, while those of the manufacturer of industrial robots Fanuc Corp. rose 3.6 percent to 12,810 yen.
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The stock market indexes in Asia and the Pacific suffered losses for the third consecutive session today in line with the red wave that flooded the financial markets yesterday in the U.S. and Europe. The reason for this was the decision of the credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s to lower its assessment of the prospect of U.S. government debt to negative. This is a sign that the largest economy in the world could soon lose its highest investment grade. Fall in oil and metals brought losses of energy and mining companies, and the losers among stocks in the composition of the regional index MSCI Asia Pacific were those of the Japanese carmaker Toyota. The Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Nikkei 225 lost 1.2 percent to 9 441.03 points, after it became clear that in March the attitudes of Japanese households in the economy significantly worsened. S & P / ASX 200 slid 1.4 percent to 4 793.30 points, led by mining companies. The shares of the technology sector also fell after the financial results for the first quarter, the largest maker of analog chips in the world – U.S. Texas Instruments, proved weaker than market expectations. The wide Chinese Shanghai Composite Index slid 1.9 percent to 2 999.04 points and Hong Kong Hang Seng fell 1.3% to 23 520.60 points. Economic data for China showed that FDI in the country increased by 33% in March to 12.5 billion dollars. In the first quarter registered improvement from 29% yoy. Meanwhile, the HSBC Bank published its index of business activity in the factory sector in the country, which remains at a level of 51.8 points for the second consecutive month in April.
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The week ended with the fall of most leading stock indexes in Asia as a reason for that and today was the news from China. Forecast of Goldman Sachs showed that the country’s economic growth will fall below 8 percent on a quarterly basis in the second half of the year, which was disappointing for markets. As a result, Shanghai Composite fell 2.1 per cent, but at the end of the session managed to hit the green with a 0.4 per cent to 2383 points. Despite the growth, however, the index has lost more than 7 percent last week. Shortly before the end of the regional trade index MSCI Asia Pacific is moving at a decline of 0.4 percent to 111.49 points. This means that it fell by 3.6 per cent for the week and its value reached its lowest level in three weeks. At the opposite pole today was the major index in Taiwan Taiex, which rose 1.06 percent to 7 330.74 points. This is due to the trade agreement signed with China earlier in the week. Expected by him to achieve acceleration of the integration process in the region of Asia. Today in Tokyo the Nikkei 225 rose 0.13 percent to 9203, 71 pp. However, the index decreased by more than 5 percent last week.
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The Asian stock indexes ended the month with moderate optimism, but generally do not think was particularly beneficial for market participants. Monthly regional index MSCI Asia Pacific reported a loss of nearly 10 per cent, which is the poor performance of October 2008 onwards. Following the retreat, which recall the presentation of the index during the period after the bankruptcy of investment bank Lehman Brothers, the average price / earnings of the companies in the index fell to 14.4. This is well below the level of 23 recorded in early 2010. Today, the index decreased by 0.1 per cent minimum to 113.33 points. The exchange in Tokyo the Nikkei 225 added 0.1 percent to 9 768.70 points, but this does not help for the removal of even part of the accumulated loss for May. In the month indicator erase some 12 percent of its value. China does Shanghai Composite slumped by 9.7 per cent for the month, continuing retreat of 7.7 per cent recorded in April. Just today, the index fell 2.4 percent to 2 592.15 points. During today’s trading session progressed Taiex in Taiwan with 1.08 per cent to 7 373.98 points. With so increase the index and the leading exchange in South Korea – KRX 100, which ended three months at 445.68 points.
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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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Sharp decline, which covered the stock market indexes in Asia and the Pacific region last Friday, continued for the sixth consecutive day today, and slipped the regional MSCI Asia Pacific Index to its lowest level in ten weeks. Uncertainty about whether the rescue plan for Greece will put her country to the debt crisis, but it utterly severe recession, increased interest in Greek government securities to new record levels. Shares of banks and financial companies in the Asian region suffered the most from sales, cover all stock exchanges around the world yesterday. Regional stock measure MSCI Asia Pacific, which oversees securities markets in ten Asian countries, Australia and New Zealand fell 1.4 percent to 118.12 points to its lowest level since Feb. 26. It brings together 983 companies from the region today as shares of any appreciation in its composition accounted for five cheaper. In mid-April MSCI Asia Pacific reached its highest level in 20 months but within the past week he has lost 6.2 percent of its value. This is the strongest one-week decline from its February 2009. The Japanese index of blue-chip Nikkei 225 slid 3.1 percent to 10 364.59 points, after investors sought the safety of the yen, which raised its rate against the euro and dollar. Finance Minister of the country forms of the Khan said earlier that the group of seven largest economies, G-7 will be discussed during a conference call today, the Greek crisis.
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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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Almost all the major stock indexes in Asia and the Pacific ended today’s session of positive territory, led by increases in mining companies, after economic optimism increased the prices of metals and energy resources. The regional MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose for a fourth day, adding 0.4 percent to 127.43 points. The price of copper rose above the psychological level of 8 thousand dollars per ton, since in recent days it became clear that employment in the U.S. grows, along with activity in the services sector. Companies from the raw materials sector was best performing group in the composition of the MSCI Asia Pacific today, over the past four days the price of their shares has risen by an average of 1.5 percent, according to Bloomberg. Exchange Taiex in Taiwan rose 0.8 percent to 8 089.7 points, while South Korean Kospi, and the Chinese Shanghai Composite, ended the session with a growth of 0.1 percent. Hong Kong Stock Exchange remained closed since April 1 because of the celebration of national holidays. The main measure in India BSE Sensex 30 rose 0.2 percent to 17 971.1 points, while in Indonesia Jakarta Composite decreased by 0.4% to 2 876 points after the central bank left the main interest of its record low level of 6.5 percent for the eighth consecutive month. Among the few indexes fell today, and ordered the Japanese Nikkei 225, which lost 0.5 percent, but remained above the psychological level of 11 thousand points. Appreciation of the yen against the euro has put pressure on shares of companies exporting the Tokyo Stock Exchange today.
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Despite the uncertainty caused by the fiscal crisis in Greece, and fluctuations in the recovery of world economy, last month gave the stock exchanges in Asia at their strongest growth since July 2009. Almost all securities markets in the Asian and Pacific region also failed to finish the quarter and positive territory. Thus, the regional index MSCI Asia Pacific, which combines traded companies from 10 Asian countries, Australia and New Zealand, added 4 percent to its value over the past three months, said fourth quarter growth. Profits from the beginning of March amounted to 6%, which is the strongest monthly growth since July 2009 when the index increased by 8.4%. Stock optimism in Asia in March was fueled by the decision of the Bank of Japan (YATSB) to double the size of the program for the granting of emergency loans to commercial banks in the country. This month the U.S. Federal Reserve renewed its pledge to maintain low interest rates in the country in the coming months to support the fragile economic growth. Liberal monetary policy of major central banks encourage investment in shares, because the source of a large amount of money in circulation and it is also necessary for the recovery of world economy. Fiscal crisis in Greece and concerns about the future of the euro area, however, cast a shadow on financial markets worldwide earlier this year. However the last three months have brought 5 percent growth index of blue chips in Japan’s Nikkei 225, increased 9 percent for the main stock index in Indonesia and Jakarta Composite 8.1 percent increase for the Thailand index Thai. Thanks to strong inflows of external capital Thai rose 64 percent last year, and today it is 84 percent above its level at the end of March 2009.
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