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Asian stocks rally amid hopes of ending to global credit crunch

AFP, Hong Kong
Asian stocks mounted a strong rally Wednesday, tracking an overnight surge on Wall Street as investors hoped the worst of the global credit crisis was over.
Tokyo and Hong Kong were each up more than four percent in intraday trade and other markets were deep in positive territory, bringing relief across Asia after a punishing first-quarter 2008.
• The advance came after all US benchmarks rose more than three percent on Tuesday, when US investment bank Lehman Brothers and Switzerland's UBS announced well-received new share issues to prop up their balance sheets.
TOKYO: Japanese share prices soared 4.21 percent, ending above the key 13,000 points level after a Wall Street rally sparked by hopes of an ■ ■ easing of credit market woes.
Dealers said that a weaker ‘ yen against the dollar gave an additional boost to exporters.
The Nikkci-225 index rose 532.94 points to 13,189.36.
Dealers took their cue from New York where the Dow Jones index surged more than three percent Tuesday on hopes that the worst of recent credit market turmoil is over.
MUMBAI: Indian share prices rose 0.79 percent to snap two days of losses after Wall Street rocketed overnight.
Dealers said however that local inflation concerns per-
sisted.
The Mumbai Sensex rose 123.78 points to 15,750.4.
Dealers said the rally may not sustain because of concerns that interest rates may be hiked to contain inflation which hit a 13-month high of 6.68 percent last week.
HONG KONG: Hong Kong share prices closed sharply higher, up 3.18 percent, track-
ing Wall Street's rally on positive banking news and better-than-expected US economic data.
The Hang Seng index closed up 734.97 points at 23,872.43. Turnover was 114.68 billion Hong Kong dollars (14.73 billion US).
SHANGHAI: Chinese share prices closed mixed on with the Shanghai bourse 0.56 percent higher amid a region-wide rally.
Dealers said shares started the day on a bullish note and closed morning trade 3.78 percent higher as sentiment was boosted by strong gains on Wall Street and I long Kong. But gains shrank in afternoon trade as heavyweights lost momentum.
The Shanghai Composite Index, which covers A and B shares, closed up 18.72 points at 3,347.88 on turnover of 86.4 billion yuan (12.3 billion US dollars).
SINGAPORE: Singapore share prices closed 2.56 percent higher on growing hopes that global financial turmoil is easing.