Asian Bourses Rebounded Strongly

Asian stocks advanced, lifting a regional benchmark index to a seven-month high, as manufacturing in China expanded for the first time in nine months and regional leaders pledged to start a foreign-currency reserve pool.

Asia / Pacific (04 May 2009)

All Ordinaries      Up 108.10  (2.89%)
Shanghai Composite  Up 82.34   (3.32%)
Hang Seng           Up 860.06  (5.54%)
BSE 30              Up 731.50  (6.41%)
Jakarta Composite   Up 58.56   (3.39%)
KLSE Composite      Up 18.62   (1.88%)
Nikkei 225          Up 149.11  (1.69%)
NZSE 50             Up 46.36   (1.70%)
Straits Times       Up 108.43  (5.65%)
Seoul Composite     Up 28.56   (2.09%)
Taiwan Weighted     Up 337.83  (5.64%)