China's Stocks Rise As The Nikkei Falls
Dec 27, 2013, 09:44 IST
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Spiking money market rates have weighed on Chinese stocks. But the seven-day repurchase rate cooled to 5.06%.
Meanwhile, the Nikkei hit a six-year peak but then began to fall. We got some good news on the Japanese economy earlier this evening as consumer prices quickened at their fastest pace in five years.
Here's a quick round-up:
- China's Shanghai Composite is up 0.8%
- Hong Kong's Hang Seng is up 0.2%
- Japan's Nikkei is down 0.4%
- Korea's KOSPI is up +0.1%
- Australia's S&P/ASX 200 is up 0.1%