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Asian markets rise on Wall Street gains

AFP, Hong Kong
Asian stocks rose Thursday as investors reacted positively to a strong rally on Wall Street and sought bargains following two days of heavy losses.
The gains also came despite miserable data out of China that showed the economy had slowed sharply, while Japan released data revealing exports had plunged and the central bank said it expects a two -year- long recessio n.
Tokyo's Nikkei finished 1.90 percent higher, Sydney 1.3 percent and Hong Kong 0.6 percent as dealers made the most of a two-day selloff.
The markets followed a 3.51 percent jump on Wall Street overnight, which analysts said had been heavily oversold.
Investors in Japan
brushed aside the latest economic figures to buy up cheap stocks after the central bank announced measures to fight off a recession, including spending more than 30 billion dollars to ease credit.
The same applied in Shanghai, which put on one percent, as traders had already factored in news that growth slowed to nine percent in 2008, after 13 percent growth in 2007.
Seoul also managed a rise of 0.6 percent amid weakened sentiment following a report showing the economy had its worst performance in almost 11 years in the fourth quarter. Gross domestic product fell 5.6 percent from the previous three months.
Singapore added 0.25 percent as the government announced a 13 billion US dollar stimulus a day after it
warned the city-state was staring at its worst recession ever. It later announced a one percentage point cut in corporate income tax and promised to dip into its reserves to help the economy.
In other markets Manila put an end to seven days of losses to add 1.3 percent, while Wellington rose 1.09 percent.
Taipei will be closed until February 2 for an extended holiday.
TOKYO: Up 1.90 percent. The Nikkei-225 index rose 150.10 points to 8,051.74, reversing two straight days of losses. The broader Topix index of all first-section shares gained 8.76 points, or 1.11 percent, to 795.91.
Nippon Building Fund gained 7.5 percent at 930,000 yen, while Japan Real Estate Investment firmed 5.4 percent to 766,000.
Sony declined 2.6 percent to 1,938. After die close, die electronics giant predicted a much bigger than expected annual operating loss of 260 billion yen (2.9 billion dollars).
HONG KONG: Up 0.6 percent. The Hang Seng Index closed up 74.36 points at 12,657.99, but was off an intraday high of 12,895.25. Turnover was 35.38 billion Hong Kong dollars (4.54 billion US).
HSBC rose 3.6 percent to 57.00 dollars, ending eight days of declines during which it lost 26 percent.
SEOUL: Up 1.1 percent. The KOSPI ended up 12.62 points at 1,116.23. Volume was 341.64 million shares worth 4.21 trillion won (3.06 billion dollars).
MUMBAI: Up 0.39 percent. The benchmark 30-share Sensex index rose 36.47 points to 8,813.84.