Shares in Hong Kong and Tokyo outperform the region to scale fresh multi-year highs early Thursday. Other parts of Asia saw relatively muted gains as a near 7 percent slide in oil prices tapered the impact of an inspiring lead from Wall Street overnight.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 clinched a fresh high of 19,916 points – its highest level since June 2000.
China’s Shanghai Composite index opened down 0.2 percent, a whisker below Wednesday’s seven-year closing highs, while Hong Kong shares continued its upswing, surging nearly 5 percent at the open.
The Hang Seng index climbed 3.8 percent to its highest level since May 2008 in the previous session, boosted by strong buying from Chinese investors who used up the entire 10.5 billion yuan ($1.69 billion) daily investment quota in a cross-border program for the first time. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index of Hong Kong-listed mainland companies soared 4.4 percent, hitting a four-year high.
South Korea’s Kospi index stayed at a more than 5-month high as the Bank of Korea (BOK) kept interest rates steady at 1.75 percent as expected.
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