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Asian stocks close up on oil price slide

AFP, Hong Kong
Asian stocks rose sharply Wednesday after sliding oil prices ignited a Wall Street rally and lifted some of the gloom shrouding the global economy.
Taiwan led the gainers among major bourses, jumping more than three percent. Japan, Asia's biggest market, and South Korea both rose more than 2.5 percent.
The strong regional performance followed a rally in US shares Tuesday in the wake of sliding oil prices, which were trading at around 118 dollars per barrel compared with record highs above 147 dollars hit in July.
Investors were also cheered by the US Federal Reserve's decision to leave interest rates at two percent and signal that it was in no hurry to raise borrowingcosts.
The European and British central banks are due to decide on borrowing costs Thursday.
Elsewhere in Asia, a typhoon shut the Hong Kong bourse for the day, while mainland Chinese shares ended Wednesday more than one percent up, but analysts were sceptical the gains would last.
Chinese stocks have plunged since last year and sentiment remains weak
despite hopes of a lift from a "feel good" factor in the run up to the start of Olympic Games in Beijing on Friday.
Smaller Asian markets also enjoyed healthy gains, led by a rally of more than 3.5 percent in the Philippines.
Asia has been battling the twin challenges of high inflation and slowing economic growth, but the fall in crude oil costs has curbed some of the concern about rising prices.
TOKYO: Japanese share prices staged a powerful rally, snapping a three-day downturn as investors cheered a drop in crude oil prices, gains on Wall Street and a weaker yen, dealers said.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei-225 index rose 340.23 points or 2.63 percent to end at 13,254.89. The broader TopLx index of all first-section shares added 29.56 points or 2.37 percent to 1,277.27.
"It's too optimistic to think that the worst is over," Motomi Hiratsuka of BNP Paribas told Dow Jones Newswires. "Investors are still keeping an eye on signs of a recession even if inflationary risks recede."
Sanyo surged 10.0 percent to 228 yen, Pioneer leapt 13.0 percent to 870, Fujitsu climbed 9.5 percent to 827 and Sony
added 5.7 percent to 4,290.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group lost 1.2 percent to 904 yen after reporting that its first-quarter net profits plunged 66 percent, hit by weak markets, a sluggish economy and the US financial crisis.
SHANGHAI: Chinese share prices closed 1.06 percent higher, dealers said.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite-Index, which covers both A and B shares, rose 28.62 points to 2,719.37 on turnover of 41.1 billion yuan (6.0 billion dollars).
"The Shanghai Index is unlikely to breach the psychological 3,000 level in the near-term due to concerns over China's weakening economy and a supply glut of new shares," Wang Junqing at Guosen Securities told Dow Jones Newswires.
China Petroleum Chemical Corp or Sinopec rose 3.2 percent to 11.58 yuan and PetroChina, the biggest index component, advanced 1.3 percent to 14.87.
Property developers extended losses after China Vanke, the country's largest property developer by market share, said it would reduce new construction plans for the year on weakening demand.
China Vanke dropped 1.8 percent to 7.80. Suning
Universal ended down 4.0 percent at 18.30. Poly Real Estate Group was down 0.2 percental 14.48.
TAIPEI: Taiwan shares closed up 3.1 percent, dealers said.
The weighted index surged 212.84 points to the day's high of 7,026.24 on turnover of 115.01 billion Taiwan dollars (3.73 billion US).
"Apparently investors took cues from Wall Street," said Johnny Lee of Presidential Securities.
But analysts were still cautious. "The macro economy is still not good," said Henry Miao ofHuaNan Securities.
Hon Hai Precision ended 4.1 percent higher at 154.00 after Chairman Terry Gou said his group plans to invest more in Taiwan and list overseas units on the local bourse.
Cathay Real Estate was limit-up at 13.95, and Ambassador Hotel rose 6.4 percent to 36.3. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. surged 6.14 percent at 58.80 while peer United Microelectronics Corp, gained 4.5 percent.
SEOUL: South Korean shares closed a sharp 2.81 percent higher, dealers said. The KOSPI index surged 43.17 points to 1,578.71. Volume was 269.76 million shares worth
4.52 trillion won (4.44 billion dollars).
SINGAPORE: Singapore shares closed 0.92 percent higher, dealers said. The blue-chip Straits Times Index rose 26.27 points to 2,886.78.
KUALA LUMPUR; Malaysian share prices closed 0.4 percent higher, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index added 4.73 points to 1,133 59.
BANGKOK: Thai share prices closed 1.38 percent higher, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index rose 9.23 points to close at 676.35, while the blue-chip SET-50 index gained 8.61 points to475.04.
JAKARTA: Indonesian shares closed flat, dealers said. The Jakarta Composite Index rose 1.59 points or 0.1 percent to 2,187.20.
MANILA: Philippine share prices closed 3.6 percent higher, dealers said. The Philippine Stock Exchange composite index gained 94.83 points to 2,697.21 points in its biggest single-day gain in a year. The all-share index gained 3.36 percent to 1,695.58 points.
MUMBAI: Indian shares closed 0.75 percent higher, dealers said. The benchmark 30-share Sensex index rose 112.47 points to 15,073.54.