Список проголосовавших за комментарий " Asian Markets Close: Nikkei +1.0%, Hang Seng +1.2%, Shanghai -0.2%<p>Equity indices in the Asia-Pacific region ended the midweek session on a mixed note. Overall, regional markets appeared unperturbed by yesterday's testimony on monetary policy delivered by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. Economic data out of Australia showed that businesses and consumers are anticipating a rate hike from the Reserve Bank of Australia in the near term.</p><ul><li>In economic data:<ul><li>Australia's February Westpac Consumer Sentiment 2.3% (last 0.1%). January New Motor Vehicle Sales +0.6% month-over-month (expected 0.2%; last 0.1%)</li><li>South Korea's January Unemployment Rate 3.6% (expected 3.4%; last 3.5%)</li><li>Singapore's December Retail Sales -1.9% month-over-month (expected -2.2%; last 0.5%); +0.4% year-over-year (consensus 1.4%; previous 0.7%)</li></ul></li></ul><p><em>---Equity Markets---</em></p><ul><li><strong>Japan's</strong> Nikkei added 1.0%. Dentsu, Dai-ichi Life Insurance, MS&AD Insurance Group, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Sony Financial, Nippon Sheet Glass, Shizuoka Bank, and Mitsubishi Motors climbed between 2.4% and 8.4%. Toshiba fell 8.6% after officially booking a $6.3 billion writedown related to the company's US nuclear unit.</li><li><strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong's</strong> Hang Seng rallied 1.2% to levels not seen since October. Financials had a strong showing with China Construction Bank, Bank of China, ICBC, and Bank of East Asia jumping between 2.5% and 4.9%. Consumer names Belle International and China Mengniu Dairy underperformed, falling close to 1.3% apiece.</li><li><strong>China's</strong> Shanghai Composite shed 0.2%. Huaxin Cement, Jinjian Cereals Industry, Fujian Cement, and Jiangxi Copper posted losses between 4.5% and 5.3%.</li><li><strong>India's</strong> Sensex lost 0.7%. Tata Motors fell 10.3% after reporting a sharp decline in its quarterly profit. Sun Pharma also lagged, falling 4.3%, in reaction to below-consensus results. Tata Steel, Hero MotoCorp, Maruti Suzuki, and Dr Reddy's Labs lost between 0.9% and 2.6%.</li></ul><p><em>---FX---</em></p><ul><li>USDJPY +0.2% to 114.53</li><li>USDCNY +0.1% to 6.8705</li><li>USDINR +0.1% to 66.900</li></ul>"