Asian stocks rised excluding South Korea

Analysts said that after the macroeconomic data that gave mixed signals around the world, a buying-heavy trend prevailed in Asian markets, with the expectation that supportive policies may remain in practice for a while.

Stating that the non-farm employment data to be announced in the USA tomorrow is important to affect the monetary policy in the USA, the analysts stated that the volatility in the global stock markets may increase with the data. Kospi index decreased by 0.97 percent to 3,175 points. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 index increased by 0.33 percent to 28,543 points, while the dollar/yen parity is at 110.00, just above the previous closing level. In India, the Sensex index is 0.10 percent. with value gain at 57,673 points and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index at 26,047 points with a 0.12 percent premium.