Список проголосовавших за комментарий " <table class="BriefingDataTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr> <td class="articleColumn">Asian Markets Close: Nikkei +1.4%, Hang Seng +0.2%, Shanghai +0.2%<p>Equity indices in the Asia-Pacific region ended Wednesday on a higher note with participants bidding up stocks after President Donald Trump's first address to Congress went off without any big surprises. As expected, the president reiterated plans for infrastructure spending of $1 trillion and repeated his desire to reform the tax code. On a separate note, economic data from China and Australia was better than expected.</p><ul><li>In economic data:<ul><li>China's February Manufacturing PMI 51.6 (expected 51.1; last 51.3), February Caixin Manufacturing PMI 51.7 (expected 50.8; last 51.0), and February Non-Manufacturing PMI 54.2 (last 54.6)</li><li>Japan's February Manufacturing PMI 53.3 (expected 53.6; last 53.5). Q4 Capital Spending +3.8% year-over-year (expected 0.6%; last -1.3%)</li><li>Australia's Q4 GDP +1.1% quarter-over-quarter (expected 0.7%; last -0.5%); +2.4% year-over-year (consensus 1.9%; last 1.8%). February AIG Manufacturing Index 59.3 (last 51.2)</li><li>New Zealand's Q4 Terms of Trade Index +5.7% quarter-over-quarter (expected 4.1%; last -1.8%)</li><li>India's February Nikkei Markit Manufacturing PMI 50.7 (expected 50.3; last 50.4)</li></ul></li></ul><p><em>---Equity Markets---</em></p><ul><li><strong>Japan's</strong> Nikkei climbed 1.4% as the yen continued yesterday's retreat against the dollar, slipping into the 113.75 area. Mazda Motor, SUMCO, Okuma, Fuji Heavy Industries, Komatsu, Panasonic, Kubota, and Hitachi Construction gained between 2.1% and 4.6%.</li><li><strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong's</strong> Hang Seng added 0.2%. Gaming names led the way with Galaxy Entertainment and Sands China climbing 5.6% and 3.9%, respectively, after Galaxy Entertainment reported solid results. Most financials also had a good showing with Bank of East Asia, Hang Seng Bank, HSBC, and China Life Insurance rising between 0.2% and 1.9%. On the downside, PetroChina lost 1.2%.</li><li><strong>China's</strong> Shanghai Composite added 0.2%. Kunwu Jiuding Investment Holdings, Cangzhou Dahua, Hualing Xingma Automobile, and Hubei Kaile Science & Technology climbed between 4.8% and 7.8%.</li><li><strong>India's</strong> Sensex rose 0.8%, returning to this year's high. Tata Steel jumped 3.7% while Mahindra&Mahindra, Dr Reddy's Labs, Sun Pharma, and Hero MotoCorp gained between 1.6% and 3.1%. Financials also posted gains. HDFC Bank settled just above its flat line while ICICI Bank, SBI, and AXIS Bank rose between 0.9% and 1.4%.</li></ul><p><em>---FX---</em></p><ul><li>USDJPY +0.9% to 113.76</li><li>USDCNY +0.2% to 6.8808</li><li>USDINR +0.1% to 66.827</li></ul></td> </tr></table>"