Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Asian Daily
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Asian indices - performance
(% change) Latest 1D 1W 3M YTD
ASX300 4,476 0.2 (0.3) 8.4 10.4
CSEALL 5,608 (0.8) (3.9) 15.6 (7.7)
Hang Seng 21,207 0.3 1.3 9.0 15.0
H-SHARE 10,367 (0.1) 4.0 10.5 4.3
JCI 4,329 0.4 1.1 6.1 13.3
KLSE 1,654 (0.1) (0.6) 0.9 8.0
KOSPI 1,942 0.8 (1.9) 6.6 6.3
KSE100 15,674 (0.5) (0.1) 9.0 38.1
NIFTY 5,648 (0.7) (1.0) 8.7 22.1
PCOMP 5,400 0.3 0.1 2.2 23.5
RED CHIP 4,113 1.2 2.0 8.1 11.7
SET 1,287 (0.2) (0.4) 5.2 25.6
STI 3,047 0.1 (0.6) 1.1 15.1
TWSE 7,471 0.7 (1.9) 4.8 5.6
VNINDEX 399 2.0 1.4 (4.4) 13.6
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Asian currencies (vs US$)
(% change) Latest 1D 1W 3M YTD
A$ 1.0 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.6
Bt 30.7 0.1 0.1 3.0 2.9
D 20,850.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.9
NT$ 29.3 (0.1) 0.2 2.6 3.5
P 41.3 0.0 0.3 1.3 6.1
PRs 95.4 (0.1) 0.1 (0.9) (5.7)
Rp 9,598.0 0.4 0.2 (1.1) (5.5)
Rs 52.9 0.4 (0.3) 4.6 0.3
S$ 1.2 0.0 0.9 3.6 6.3
SLRs 128.7 0.0 (0.3) 4.0 (11.5)
W 1,107.2 (0.1) 0.3 3.6 4.1
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Global indices
(% change) Latest 1D 1W 3M YTD
DJIA 13,538 0.8 0.5 6.4 10.8
S&P 500 1,453 0.9 0.8 7.3 15.5
NASDAQ 3,095 1.0 1.0 6.8 18.8
SOX 379 1.9 1.6 7.4 4.1
EU-STOX 2,573 1.3 1.6 5.4 8.6
FTSE 5,871 1.1 1.0 3.7 5.4
DAX 7,376 1.6 2.0 12.3 25.1
CAC-40 3,501 2.4 3.5 10.1 10.8
NIKKEI 8,701 1.4 (0.8) (0.6) 2.9
TOPIX 732 1.3 0.6 (1.5) 0.5
10 YR LB 1.72 3.5 0.5 16.9 (8.3)
2 YR LB 0.27 3.1 3.1 17.8 11.3
US$:E 1.30 0.7 1.2 6.3 0.6
US$:Y 78.9 (0.3) (0.8) (0.1) (2.5)
BRENT 115.5 (0.3) 1.3 10.6 7.3
GOLD 1,744.4 0.4 (1.1) 9.8 11.6
VIX 14.9 (2.6) (9.2) (13.1) (36.5)
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MSCI Asian indices – valuation & perf.
EPS grth. P/E (x) Performance
MSCI Index 12E 13E 12E 13E 1D 1M YTD
Asia F X Japan 10 13 12.2 10.7 0.0 (0.5) 12.1
Asia Pac F X J. 6 11 12.4 11.2 0.0 (0.6) 11.8
Australia (2) 1 13.1 11.9 (0.1) (1.0) 10.7
China 2 9 9.9 9.0 0.0 3.4 8.5
Hong Kong (13) 11 15.9 14.3 0.2 0.4 17.5
India 10 14 14.7 12.9 (0.2) 4.6 22.2
Indonesia 7 13 15.3 13.6 (0.3) 0.8 3.5
Korea 34 18 9.5 8.1 (0.4) (4.9) 9.7
Malaysia 11 11 15.5 14.0 0.1 (0.2) 8.8
Pakistan 5 8 7.2 6.7 0.1 (2.0) 17.7
Philippines 12 13 17.7 15.8 0.2 1.9 30.9
Singapore 8 6 13.7 13.0 0.1 (2.1) 22.1
Sri Lanka 18 16 13.2 11.4 (0.9) (2.8) (1.0)
Taiwan 10 21 16.7 13.8 (0.1) (3.5) 7.6
Thailand 14 19 12.5 10.5 (0.9) (1.4) 21.2
* IBES estimates
China Basic Materials Monthly Trina Chen (15)
October 2012: Too flat for October, demand divergent
China Property Sector – Maintain UW Jinsong Du (16)
New report: Performance gap to widen
China Consumer Discretionary Sector – Maintain OW Kevin Yin (17)
Economy likely to bottom out; consumer discretionary sector close to fundamental trough
China Small-Cap Sector Kenny Lau, CFA (18)
More hopes supporting recovery
China Transportation Sector – Maintain OW Davin Wu (7)
Chinese Airlines to benefit from stabilising economic conditions
India
India Utilities Sector Amish Shah, CFA (19)
2Q13 preview: Expect a weak quarter, ex-JPVL
Axis Bank Limited (AXSB IN) – Maintain O Ashish Gupta (20)
Retail build-up starting to deliver
L&T Finance Holdings Limited (LTFH IN) – Initiating Coverage with N Sunil Tirumalai (21)
New report: Strong growth prospects offset by high corporate exposure
Mindtree Ltd (MTCL IN) – Maintain N Anantha Narayan (22)
Muted revenue growth can be a near-term issue
NIIT Technologies (NITEC IN) – Maintain O Sagar Rastogi (23)
On track to deliver strong revenue growth, attractive valuations
Reliance Industries (RIL IN) – Maintain O Sanjay Mookim (24)
New report: Highest ever refining EBITDA, petchem drags
Indonesia
PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk (AALI IJ) – Maintain O Agus Sandianto (25)
9M12 production—near the peak
Japan
Japan Real Estate Sector – Maintain OW Masahiro Mochizuki (26)
Rise in office demand being overlooked; sector stocks poised to advance
Tokyu REIT (8957 JP) – Upgrade to N Masahiro Mochizuki (27)
Upgrade to NEUTRAL; shares at appropriate levels
Advance Residence (3269 JP) – Maintain O Masahiro Mochizuki (28)
Forecast continued growth in EPU; maintain OUTPERFORM
Malaysia
IGB REIT (IGBREIT MK) – Initiating Coverage with O Tan Ting Min (29)
New report: Mid Valley Mega REIT
Singapore
Singapore Property Sector Yvonne Voon (30)
Keppel Land tops bid for New Upper Changi Road GLS, priced 13% ahead of expectations
South Korea
Samsung Engineering (028050 KS) – Maintain O Minseok Sinn (31)
The evolution process is ongoing
Taiwan
Epistar Corporation (2448 TT) – Maintain O Jerry Su (32)
2012: A transitional year
Faraday Technology Corporation (3035 TT) – Maintain O Kevin Chen (33)
3Q result preview: Sales beats with OPM at high-end, buy on weakness
Thailand
Thai Telecoms Sector – Maintain OW Colin McCallum, CA (34)
Will yield compression be the next leg up for AIS and DTAC?
Siam Commercial Bank (SCB TB) – Maintain O Dan Fineman (35)