The Asian stock exchanges traveled with positive signs for the first time in five days thanks to positive data on US employment which gave wings to companies exporting to the American continent.
Honda Motor, the Japanese automaker, which makes 44 percent of its exports to the United States and Canada, gained 1,3 percent. Mitsui Osk Lines, the main Japanese operator in the naval transport, has climbed of 1,1% thanks to the increase of the tariffs of the transports in London. Softbank plunged 16% as Japan's third-largest mobile phone company revealed it was in talks to invest in Sprint Nextel Corp. Billabong International Ltd also plunged 16% as TPG International LLC withdrew its bid on the company Australian Sportswear.
Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average was up 0,2%, as was Australia's S&P/ASX200. Overall, the MSCI Asia Pacific index was up 0,4% to 120.78 as of 10:12am in Tokyo. The measure is starting to realize the largest weekly fall since August, due to the cuts made by the International Monetary Fund to the growth forecasts of the main world economies. Since the beginning of the year, the MSCI Asia Pacific has nevertheless gained 5,7% thanks to the positivity generated by the stimulus actions of the European, American and Japanese central banks.
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