Gainers outnumber losers in Asia-Pacific region
Equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were mixed on Friday, but gainers outnumbered losers and generally gained more than decliners lost on the session. In India, the Sensex dropped 0.02 percent to 17,773.36, while Taiwan’s Taiex fell 0.11 percent to 9,617.26 and the Kospi index was down 0.38 percent to 1,996.03 in South Korea.
In Australia, the Sydney Ordinaries added 0.57 percent to 6,617.3 while the S&P/ASX200 was up 0.59 percent to 6,605.4. The Straits Times index gained 1.03 percent to 3,822.62 in Singapore, while the Shanghai Composite was 2.64 percent higher to 5,552.3. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index was up 3.18 percent to 27,831.52.
Tokyo’s markets were mixed on the session. The Nikkei 225 dropped 0.16 percent to 17,065.04, but the Topix index added 0.08 percent to 1,656.91 while the Mothers market gained 3.98 percent to 848.78.
Markets were higher in Europe to end the week. The FTSE Eurofirst 300 was up 0.62 percent to 1,582.48. In Paris, the CAC-40 was 0.67 percent higher to 5,843.24 while the Dax added 0.73 percent to 8,002.18 in Frankfurt and Madrid’s IBEX jumped 1.18 percent to 14,892.1. Miners led the way in London as the FTSE 100 added 0.73 percent to 6,595.8 and the FTSE 250 gained 11,390.4.
Markets were higher in midday trade on Wall Street after the US Labor Department reported that 110,000 new jobs were created in September, near expected levels, although unemployment was also higher, up to 4.7 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.67 percent to 14,067.31, while the Nasdaq Composite had added 1.43 percent to 2,772.76 and the S&P 500 had gained 0.79 percent to 1,554.98.
Crude oil prices were lower to end the week, while metals prices were mixed. Grains prices were mostly lower, although corn was trading even at mid-afternoon in Chicago.
The US dollar was lower versus the euro on Friday but ended the week up by 1 percent in relation to the shared currency.
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