Asian Market Commentary

Asian equities rose on Thursday, extending the previous day’s rally.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up 0.39 percent or 88.77 points at 22,990.77.

Japan’s Nikkei gained 0.22 percent or 34.75 points at 15,843.48.

South Korea’s Seoul Composite added 0.21 percent or 4.17 points at 1,957.45.

Taiwan’s Taiwan Weighted advanced 0.71 percent or 60.92 points at 8,663.47.

Singapore’s Straits Times was flat at 3,142.72

China’s Shanghai Composite fell 0.41 percent or 8.29 points at 2,015.06.

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