Index futures Australia and South Korea rose, while contracts on the Nikkei 225 Stock Average showing a rise after yesterday's decline, after U.S. economic data pushed stocks to rebound. Forward on emerging-market currencies Asia increased as oil prices extended losses.
Index futures contract on the S & P / ASX 200 in Australia and Seoul's Kospi index rose 0.4 percent in recent trading as the Nikkei 225 index futures in Chicago and Osaka closed at levels above yesterday's closing index of Japan. Index futures Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 0.2 percent. Meanwhile, in one month the Indonesian rupiah and the Korean won rose at least 0.3 percent after the currency skidded yesterday. Gold snapping a four-day because the price of crude oil in New York fell for a second day. (Yds)