Список проголосовавших за комментарий " <table class="BriefingDataTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr> <td class="tickerColumn"> </td> <td class="articleColumn">Asian Markets Close: Nikkei +1.8%, Hang Seng +1.4%, Shanghai +0.3%<p>Equity indices in the Asia-Pacific region ended Thursday on a broadly higher note with Japan's Nikkei (+1.8%) leading the way. Etsuro Honda, who advises Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said that it may make sense to compile an extra budget of JPY5 trillion. Mr. Honda also said the dollar/yen pair may climb above 120 this year.</p><ul><li>In economic data:<ul><li>Hong Kong's December trade deficit widened to HKD45.5 billion from HKD34.10 billion. December Imports +8.7% month-over-month (last 7.6%) and December Exports +10.1% month-over-month (last 8.1%)</li><li>South Korea's February Manufacturing BSI Index 78 (last 73)</li><li>New Zealand's Q4 CPI +0.4% quarter-over-quarter (expected 0.3%; last 0.3%); +1.3% year-over-year (consensus 1.2%; last 0.4%)</li><li>Singapore's Q4 Unemployment Rate ticked up to 2.2% from 2.1%, as expected. December Industrial Production +6.4% month-over-month (expected -5.8%; last 6.0%); +21.3% year-over-year (consensus 9.5%; last 11.8%)</li></ul></li></ul><p><em>---Equity Markets---</em></p><ul><li><strong>Japan's</strong> Nikkei registered its second consecutive advance, climbing 1.8%. Financials displayed relative strength with Chiba Bank, Dai-ichi Life Insurance, Concordia Financial, Nomura Holdings, Shinsei Bank, and Daiwa Securities Group rising between 3.9% and 5.2%.</li><li><strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong's</strong> Hang Seng rallied 1.4% to levels from late October. Consumer names and financials were among the leaders. Want Want China, Belle International, and China Mengniu Dairy gained between 3.1% and 3.9% while BoC Hong Kong, Bank of East Asia, China Construction Bank, HSBC, and Bank of China added between 1.4% and 2.3%.</li><li><strong>China's</strong> Shanghai Composite added 0.3%. CITIC Guoan Wine, Yunnan Jinggu Forestry, Shanghai Jiabao Industry & Commerce, and HuNan Tyen Machinery gained between 4.0% and 5.4%.</li><li><strong>India's</strong> Sensex was closed for Republic Day.</li></ul><p><em>---FX---</em></p><ul><li>USDJPY +0.8% to 114.21</li><li>USDCNY -0.1% to 6.8796</li><li>USDINR +0.1% to 68.060</li></ul></td> </tr></table>"