Global Markets: Asian shares rise
Regional equities markets had already been buoyed by recovering risk appetite on easing tension in the Middle East and hopes that a Greece bailout will be agreed next week.Resources-sensitive Australian shares surged 1.3 percent to a one-week high as miners climbed.
London copper rose 0.5 percent to $7,732.75 a tonne while spot gold inched up 0.2 percent to $1,731.34 an ounce.
The China HSBC Flash Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index rose to a 13-month high of 50.4 in November, indicating factory activity was picking up and pointing to a reviving economic growth after seven consecutive quarters of slowing. A sub-index measuring output rose to 51.3, also the highest since October 2011.
"The data suggests the China's growth had hit a bottom in the third quarter and prospects are brightening for small and medium-sized firms in China," said Naohiro Niimura, a partner at research and consulting firm Market Risk Advisory.
While the report is positive, the rise in prices of base metals, for which China is the world's top consumer, will be contained given the high level of Chinese inventories, he said.
"But shares get a boost because they are driven by sentiment and because
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