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Asian stocks miss 'Santa Claus rally'

AfP, Tokyo
Japanese and Chinese stocks fell back Friday in subdued trade as investors took profits, with many players in the region away for the Christmas holidays.
Markets in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea were closed for a public holiday.
TOKYO: Down 0.40 percent. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei-225 index fell 42.21 points to 10,494.71.
I in nover was thin at only about 1.2 billion shares, the lowest level for a full trading day in 2009, with many investors away for year-end holidays.
The dollar's firmness against the yen limited the market's downside, however, dealers said. A weaker yen raises competitiveness of Japanese products overseas and boosts repatriated earnings.
SHANGHAI. Down 0.38 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A and B shares, dropped 12.06 points to 3,141.35 on thin trading volume.
Banks and property developers led the losses. China Merchants Bank fell 1.7 percent to 16.40 yuan, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China shed 0.39 percent to 5.14 yuan while China Vanke lost 0.6 percent to 13.22 yuan.
However, steel makers rose on hopes for further mergers in the sector after China announced plans to consolidate several iron
and steel smelters to create one globally competitive company and two or three domestic leaders.
Angang Steel rose 1.0 percent to 15.10 yuan while Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel ended up 0.2 percent at 8.99 yuan.
TAIPEI: Up 0.11 percent. The weighted index rose 9.05 points to 7,972.59.
Profit-taking reduced early gains sparked by Wall Street reaching a 2009 high overnight, dealers said.
It was no surprise that the pressure pulled the index back to some extent," laiwan International Securities analyst Michael Chiang said, attributing the decline to technical factors.
In fact, market sentiment has improved after US jobless benefit claims fell to a 15-month low, Chiang said.
Optimism towards global economic fundamentals is gathering steam. 1 think the market will continue to go higher after digesting the pressure around 8,000 points," he said.
BANGKOK: Up 0.44 percent. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index rose3.20 points to close at 730.41
Trading was sluggish with most market participants absent, said Sukit Udomsirikul, an analyst at Siam City Securities.
Among market bluechips coal producer Banpu rose 4.00 baht to close at 576.00 baht, Bangkok Bank was up 0.50 baht to 116.50 baht and Kasikornbank edged up 0.25 baht to 85.00 baht.