HA NOI (Biz Hub) —The Hang Seng Index rose 33.66 points on January 2 to reach 23,340.05 in Hong Kong, to greet the first working day of 2014.
Also, the Straits Times Index gained 5.52 points to end at 3,172.9 in Singapore. Meanwhile, the two bourses in Vietnam ended mixed. The HNX Index added 0.09 points to end at 67.93 in the capital city, and the VN Index slipped 0.12 points to 504.5.
On the Chinese mainland, the Shanghai Composite Index declined 6.59 points to finish at 2,109.39.
As the Japanese are off for holiday, the Nikkei 225 continued its best annual performance in over four decades at 16,291.31 in Tokyo.— VNS