Список проголосовавших за комментарий " Asian Markets Close: Nikkei +0.1%, Hang Seng +0.2%, Shanghai -0.4%<p>Equity indices in the Asia-Pacific region ended the midweek session on a mostly higher note after spending the day inside narrow ranges. Chinese banks displayed relative strength, benefitting from an uptick in interest rates and better than expected results from AgBank. Staying in China, Moody's warned about a property market adjustment following a recent spike in prices, coupled with higher interest rates and tighter liquidity management from the People's Bank of China.</p><ul><li>Economic data was limited:<ul><li>Japan's February Retail Sales +0.1% year-over-year (consensus 0.5%; last 1.0%)</li><li>South Korea's April Manufacturing BSI Index 78 (last 79)</li></ul></li></ul><p><em>---Equity Markets---</em></p><ul><li><strong>Japan's</strong> Nikkei added 0.1%. Kansai Electric Power surged 8.2% after an appeals court overturned a ruling, which prohibited the company from operating two of its nuclear reactors. TEPCO also outperformed, jumping 4.5%. Panasonic, Sony, SUMCO, Trend Micro, Advantest, and Komatsu advanced between 1.3% and 2.8%.</li><li><strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong's</strong> Hang Seng rose 0.2% with help from roughly half of its components. Lenovo, AIA Group, Tencent Holdings, and Galaxy Entertainment gained between 0.6% and 1.2%. Financials like Bank of China, China Construction Bank, HSBC, and BoC Hong Kong added between 0.3% and 0.8%.</li><li><strong>China's</strong> Shanghai Composite ended lower by 0.4%. Lanzhou Greatwall Electrical, Wuhan Hanshang, Shanghai Potevio, Ningbo Bird, and CITIC Guoan Wine recored losses between 4.7% and 6.5%.</li><li><strong>India's</strong> Sensex climbed 0.4% with financials providing leadership. SBI and ICICI Bank led with gains close to 1.9% apiece while HDFC Bank and AXIS Bank posted respective gains of 0.6% and 0.2%. On the downside, Hero MotoCorp, Tata Motors, Mahindra&Mahindra, and Maruti Suzuki lost between 0.6% and 3.2%.</li></ul><p><em>---FX---</em></p><ul><li>USDJPY -0.1% to 111.04</li><li>USDCNY +0.1% to 6.8898</li><li>USDINR -0.4% to 64.908</li></ul>"