It was upwards for leading stock exchange indexes in Asia after a few hours of trading, in Hong Kong significantly upwards. This followed news from China's central bank of equivalent to 71 billion dollars in stimulus packages that will be available for investors to use for stock purchases.
After a few hours of trading, the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was up 3.4 percent, after having been on a rollercoaster ride earlier in the week.
The composite indexes in Shanghai and Shenzhen were up 1.7 and 0.8 percent, respectively.
In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 index was up 0.3 percent and Topix up 0.2 percent. In South Korea, Kospi was up 0.6 percent.
