RUSSIA: Asian stock enjoyed their superb day in 15 months on Friday, as following Wall Street showed its largest two-day advance since 2011 amid relief the Federal Reserve was in no hurry to remove stimulus from the US economy.
The gains came even as oil stayed under pressure, suggesting equity investors were beginning to see the positives in lower fuel costs and increased consumer spending power.
Japan’s Nikkei climbed 2.1% to erase most of it’s recent losses, while Australia’s main index romped ahead by 2.2%.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan put on 1.5%, the steepest daily rise since September last year. Shares in Shanghai hit their highest in four years before running into profit taking.
“Risk sentiment is ending the week on a stronger footing after a poor start,” said analysts at Barclays. “Market expectations for ECB QE add to the Fed’s upbeat message on US growth and stabilization in Russia.”
The Bank of Japan ended its last policy meeting of the year by recommitting to a massive stimulus campaign, printing yen to buy truck loads of government bonds. It also offered a brighter view of the economy in a sign of confidence Japan can weather the global market turbulence and the financial crisis in Russia.
BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda will likely repeat calls for firms to increase wages at his post-meeting news conference, as well as urge Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to press ahead with fiscal and structural reforms.
On Wall Street, investors were still celebrating the Fed’s pledge to be patient in raising rates. The Dow surged 2.43%, while the S&P 500 gained 2.4% and the Nasdaq 2.24%.
That was the biggest daily rise for the S&P since January 2013 and left it up 4.5% in just two sessions.
The technology sector jumped 3% as Oracle Corp romped 10.2% higher a day after quarterly results topped Wall Street expectations.
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