Asia-Pacific markets climbed Thursday, after U.S. markets soared on the back of an unexpected decline in core inflation numbers in December and strong bank earnings.
Korea's central bank surprised market watchers by keeping benchmark rates unchanged at 3%. Economists polled by Reuters had expected the Bank of Korea to cut its policy rate by 25 basis points.
South Korea's Kospi was up 1.16% while the small-cap Kosdaq index was up 1.65%, following the announcement.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 was trading up 0.61% while the Topix gained 0.23%.
Japan's annual producer price index climbed 3.8% in December, in line with expectations of economists polled by Reuters.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index jumped 1.43% at the open, and the mainland's CSI 300 inched up 0.67%.
Over in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 was up 1.45%.
The country's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December rose slightly to 4% from November's 3.9%, in line with estimates by economists polled by Reuters.(cay) newsmaker23
Source: CNBC
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