Asian markets rallied as China’s showed some good economic numbers with the PMI data. Manufacturing data quickened last month for the first time in 13 months.
The Nikkei was up 0.5 percent to trade above a key level at 9500.00 (9525.82). Exporters were all up with Nissan Motor and Canon leading the way along with Ricoh. They were up between 0.8 and 1.8 percent.
Hong Kong stocks rose again today as China PMI rose to a seven month high. The Hang Seng was up 0.1 percent. The Shanghai lost some early gains to close down a bit to 1974.60. A loss of 0.3 percent.
The Kospi saw its biggest gain in more than six weeks. The market was up 0.4 percent to 1941.00. It hit a high at 1944.75, a mark not seen since October 19. In Australia, the S&P/ASX rose 24 points to 4530.50.
The USD/JPY is still above 82.00 and can test 83.00 and then 84.00. The EUR/YEN has broken above 107.25.
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