Asian stock market indexes rose today, following Wall Street, despite the hawkish tone of the Federal Reserve’s December meeting minutes. The minutes showed that none of the Fed’s policy makers believe that cutting the benchmark interest rate at the start of the year is prudent, as the financial markets expected. Meanwhile, the American Central Bank confirmed its desire to achieve an inflation slowdown without excessive weakening of economic activity.

List of Asian stock market indices

What happens to the list of Asian stock market indices? Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index rose 0.4 percent in late trading on Thursday. Statistics from Japan released Thursday showed an increase in consumer confidence in the country in the last month of 2022. The consumer confidence indicator rose to 30.3 points in December from 28.6 points in November, which was the lowest in 2.5 years, due to the lifting of all coronavirus restrictions by authorities.

China’s Caixin Purchasing Managers’ Indexes (PMIs) rose in December but remained below the 50-point mark, suggesting a continued slump in activity. The composite PMI rose to 48.3 points last month from 47 points in November, and the service sector activity indicator rose to 48 points from 46.7 points.

China’s Shanghai Composite stock index added 1 percent in Thursday trading. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose for the fourth session in a row. The indicator added 1.3 percent on reports that China is gradually opening its borders with Hong Kong. According to Bloomberg, Beijing is also preparing to lift flight limits from Hong Kong and Macau to the PRC. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.1% and South Korea’s KOSPI rose 0.4%.

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