Asian
stocks rose, with the regional benchmark extending its weekly advance,
after data showed U.S. manufacturing expanded and as the yen held
yesterday��s losses.
The
MSCI Asia Pacific Index added 0.2 percent to 140.513 as of 9:02 a.m. in
Tokyo, heading for a 0.6 percent gain this week. Japan��s Topix index
rose 0.6 percent as the yen was little changed at 101.79 per dollar
after falling 0.4 percent yesterday. Markets in Hong Kong and China are
yet to open.
South
Korea��s Kospi index slipped 0.1 percent. Australia��s S&P/ASX 200
Index gained 0.1 percent, while New Zealand��s NZX 50 Index added 0.2
percent.
Thailand��s
army chief took control of the country and suspended the constitution
after a six-month crisis that has sapped economic growth and caused
political paralysis, staging the military��s 12th coup since 1932.
Two
days after declaring martial law and saying there was no coup, Army
Chief Prayuth Chan-Ocha announced on national television alongside
senior military officials yesterday that he was seizing control to
restore peace.
Source : Bloomberg
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