Список проголосовавших за комментарий " Asian Markets Close: Nikkei -0.5%, Hang Seng +0.2%, Shanghai +0.5%<p>Equity indices in the Asia-Pacific region ended mostly higher on Monday. The Nikkei closed 0.5% lower, but the rest of regional indices closed on the positive side. Japanese shares were hindered by relative strength in the yen after geo-political tensions increased over the weekend, following missile launches from North Korea falling in Japanese waters. With the currency acting as a safe-haven today, stocks fell in response. China had the most significant economic news out over the weekend with financial projections for 2017 being released from the National People's Congress. These targets include GDP rate of ~+6.5% or higher and CPI goal of +3.0% (unchanged from last year). These targets did not come as a surprise, but perhaps more of a relief, lending to an advance of equities within the region.</p><ul><li><em>In economic data</em>:<ul><li><em><strong>Aus</strong></em><ul><li>Feb TD Securities Inflation: +2.1% vs +2.1% in Feb 2015</li><li>Jan Retail Sales s.a: +0.4% vs +0.4%e</li><li>Feb ANZ Job Advertisements: -0.7% vs +3.9% in Jan</li></ul></li><li><em><strong>China</strong></em><ul><li>China discloses Financial Targets for 2017 at the National People's Congress<ul><li>GDP ~+6.5%</li><li>M2 money supply growth target was cut to about 12% from 13% last year</li><li>CPI goal of 3.0% (unchanged)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul><p><em>---Equity Markets---</em></p><ul><li>In <strong>Japan</strong>, the Nikkei closed out the day down 0.5%. The yen saw modest strength against the dollar during the session, but has since reverted back to down less than 0.2% at current rates. Major exporters were among the weakest groups with the likes of Panasonic (-1.1%) and Honda (-0.6%) were among leaders on the downside on Monday. </li><li>In <strong>China</strong>, the Shanghai rose 0.5% to begin the week. As mentioned above, the first reports of news out of the People's Political Conference dished out a few of the state's key financial metrics. Among the most actives on the positive side were Midea Group (+3.7%) and GoerTek (+3.2%), while Bank of China (-0.6%) was among the most widely traded names on the downside. and China</li><li>In <strong>Hong Kong</strong>, the Hang Seng finished the day up 0.2%. Stocks in general struggled to find direction, with even industry peers trading on different sides of the flat line. This is represented well by the heavily weighted group of energy names, which saw the likes of PetroChina rising 0.5%, while CNOOC sputtered and fell 0.3% by the day's conclusion. </li><li>In <strong>India</strong>, the Sensex was among the best performing indices across the region, gaining 0.8% today. All sectors except for IT (-0.2%) closed in the green. The Oil & Gas sector saw the best advance with a +1.3% close. Among the best stocks in the BSE, Reliance Industries cruised to a gain of 3.7%, while hitting 9 year highs along the way. The strength was attributed to a favorable note out of Credit Suisse which also increased the stocks target price. while Realty sector also witnessed strength with a gain of 0.9%.</li></ul><p><em>---FX---</em></p><ul><li>USDJPY -0.2% to 113.84</li><li>USDCNY -0.1% to 6.8967</li><li>USDINR -0.1% to 66.7150</li></ul>"