Asian stock markets enjoyed a strong rebound on Wednesday following the previous day’s sell-off after upbeat US data saw Wall Street chalk up its strongest performance of the new year.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.47 percent or 106.99 points at 22,898.27 and Japan’s Nikkei gained 1.65 percent or 253.96 points at 15,676.36.
Singapore’s Straits Times was up 0.51 percent or 15.84 points at 3,139.59 and South Korea’s Seoul Composite jumped 0.40 percent or 7.73 points at 1,953.80.
Taiwan’s Taiwan Weighted added 0.66 percent or 56.27 points at 8,604.41 while China’s Shanghai Composite shed 0.26 percent or 5.20 points at 2,021.64.
