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Asian stocks conclude week on upbeat note

Asian stocks conclude week on upbeat note
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23/02/2018
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On Friday, Asian equities mostly gained to conclude the trading week on an upbeat note because the Dow along with the S&P 500 had some of their midweek pullback reversed, while remarks from a Federal Reserve representative relived worries of speeding up rate lifts in 2018.

On Thursday, the American markets were nearly intact because the Dow gained 0.7%. As for the S&P 500, it ended up in the green and the Nasdaq declined 0.11%.

Japan’s CPI found itself in focus because the data disclosed that inflation tacked on 0.9% in January from 2017 versus a median market estimate of 0.8%. The report generated some uncertainty as for the economic outlook because it uncovered that the country’s inflation is still distant from the major bank’s 2% objective. The Japanese yen demonstrated minor reaction following the publication of the data, while the Nikkei rallied 0.62%.

Finance Minister Taro Aso’s remark attracted attention as he told that he was eager to have the national sales tax lifted as anticipated in October next year, from 8% to 10%. Takata Corp was closely watched too because the airbag producer managed to settle up to $650 million in claims.

On Friday, mainland Chinese markets showed mixed performance after both key indexes rallied more than 2% on Thursday.

The Shanghai Composite inched up 0.45%, Shenzhen Composite declined 0.24%.

The Hang Seng Index pared some losses and edged up 1.1% in Hong Kong.

Next week South Korea’s Bank of Korea is braced for holding its major interest rate intact at 1.5%, as a poll disclosed, adding that the Asian country’s key financial institution is on course to have them lifted in May.

In Australia the S&P/ASX 200 extended its revenues from the morning and concluded 0.82% up, underpinned by the materials sector.

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