Japan’s Nikkei 225 Up By 3.12% As Asia-Pacific Stocks Pull Through

Stocks in Asia-Pacific pulled through with Japan topping the region’s leading markets in terms of earnings.

NIKKEI 225 is up 3.12%, CSI 300 is up 0.62%, ASX 200 is up 1.48%, DJI stock is up 1.76%, DXY is up 0.16%

Japan’s Nikkei 225 shot up 3.12% to close at 28,884.13 pulling from a more than 3% decrease as the Topix index garnered 3.16% to 1,959.53.

Chinese stocks advanced further; Shanghai composite rose 0.8% to 3,557.41 as Shenzhen component gained by 0.376% to 14,696.29.

In Hong Kong, Hang Seng Index dragged the region’s gains after declining 0.3% in its last minute of trading.

Kospi in South Korea closed at 3,263.88 after a gain of 0.71% as Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 acquired a 1.48% closing at 7,342.20.

Outside Japan, MSCI’s broadest…index of Asia-Pacific shares rose by 0.18%.

The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the dollar against a number of its rivals, shot to 91,992 after slowing to 91,877.

The Japanese Yen traded at 110.40 per dollar, while the Australian dollar traded $0.751 which is above $0.768 the previous week.

Oil prices slowed with Brent crude futures 0.1% lower at $74.83 a barrel as U.S. crude futures dropped 0.42% to $73.35 per barrel.