Asian equities extend their gains on Wednesday

25 Jan 2012 Evaluate

Sentiments remain jubilant for yet another day in the Asian region wherein most of the indices ended the trade in green on Wednesday, underpinned by strong earnings from US technology giant Apple, stabilizing European money markets and falling euro zone debt yields, with investors shifting their focus from Europe to the US Federal Reserve. The Nikkei average climbed to a fresh three-month high on Wednesday, boosted by gains in blue-chip exporters such as Toyota Motor, while market attention turned to a Federal Reserve meeting later in the day from stalled talks on Greek debt.

Nikkei 225 was up 98.36 points or 1.12% to 8,883.69, Straits Times was up 42.26 points or 1.48% to 2,891.64 and Seoul Composite was up by 2.34 points or 0.12% to 1,952.23.

On the flip side, Jakarta Composite was down by 30.98 points or 0.78% to 3,963.60.

Stock markets in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan remained closed on Wednesday in observance of Lunar New Year holiday.

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