Asian markets close day in positive territory

ISTANBUL

Following positive figures from Asian countries, such as Chinese industrial production and Japan’s additional budget developments, Asian stock markets closed Thursday positive.

The Asia Dow, which includes blue-chip companies in the region, earned 9.93 points, or 0.26%, to close at around 3,762 points.

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 stock exchange soared by 606.6 points, or 2.13%, to 29,066. The Hang Seng, the benchmark for blue-chip stocks trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange, gained 54.74 points, or 0.23%, to reach 23,475.

China's Shanghai stock exchange rose by 27.39 points, or 0.75%, to 3,675 points, and the Indian Sensex benchmark increased by 72.74 points, or 0.13%, to close at 57,860 points.


The Singapore index also earned 13.92 points, or 0.45%, to reach 3,128.

European markets

Major European indices also posted positive figures as of midday.

The STOXX Europe 600, which includes around 90% of the market capitalization of the European market in 17 countries, was up by 5.42 points, or 1.15%, to reach 476.18 points as of 0941GMT.

London's FTSE 100 increased by 65.18 points, or 0.91%, to reach 7,235 points, and Germany's DAX index reached 15,704 points, up by 228.5 points or 1.48%.

The French CAC 40 gained 74.85 points, or 1.08%, to reach 7,002 points, while Italy's FTSE MIB posted an increase of 171.76 points, or 0.64%, to reach 26,837 points.

Spain's IBEX 35 also rose by 98.3 points, or 1.19%, to 8,373 points.