Asian stocks advanced
for the first time in three days as investors weighed the minutes of the
Federal Reserve’s last meeting and awaited China manufacturing data.
The MSCI Asia Pacific
Index rose 0.1 percent to 153.02 as of 9:02 a.m. in Tokyo. The Fed
minutes reinforced the view that interest rates will probably be boosted
in the second half of this year. China factory activity may show
improvement this month, preliminary estimates from HSBC Holdings Plc and
Markit Economics due today are expected to show, according to
economists surveyed by Bloomberg.
Japan’s Topix index
added 0.3 percent. South Korea’s Kospi index was little changed.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index gained 0.2 percent, while New
Zealand’s NZX 50 Index lost 0.2 percent. Markets in China and Hong Kong
have yet to open.
China’s CSI 300 Index
technology gauge on Wednesday jumped 1.5 percent to a record on a Xinhua
News Agency report that the government will boost incentives for
industries including information technology and robotics.
E-mini futures on the
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fell 0.2 percent. The underlying gauge
lost 0.1 percent on Wednesday amid a selloff in airlines.
Source: Bloomberg
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