June 2 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks rose after U.S. economic data added to signs the global recession is abating and General Motors Corp.’s bankruptcy raised optimism Asia’s automakers will gain market share.
Toyota Motor Corp., which overtook GM last year as the world’s biggest carmaker, climbed 2.4 percent in Tokyo, while Kia Motors Corp. added 2.5 percent in Seoul. BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s largest mining company, gained 2.9 percent as oil and metal prices increased yesterday. STX Pan Ocean Co. Ltd., South Korea’s biggest bulk carrier, jumped 5.5 percent as shipping rates rallied.
“The data continues to improve everywhere because of the extraordinary policy stimulus,” said Stephen Halmarick, Sydney- based head of investment markets research at Colonial First State, which holds about $104 billion. “I’m just worried that the demand to meet all that production may not materialize, and that you get a significant relapse in the economic data over the second half of 2009.”
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index advanced 1.1 percent to 105.13 at 1:34 p.m. in Tokyo. The gauge has risen 49 percent since falling to a more than five-year low on March 9 on speculation the worst of the financial crisis is over.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average added 1 percent to 9,775.58, while Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index gained 1.7 percent. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index dropped 0.3 percent, led by Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. sold a stake in the Chinese lender at a discount.
GM Bankruptcy
Also in Hong Kong, Parkson Retail Group Ltd., a department- store operator, fell 5.7 percent as its controlling shareholder sought to divest stock. Neptune Orient Lines Ltd., Southeast Asia’s No.1 container carrier, surged 14 percent on plans to repay debt. EVA Airways Corp. surged 6.9 percent in Taipei after winning permission to raise ticket surcharges.
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