Tokyo: Following a significant interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve, there was a mixed response on Asian share markets on Thursday ( Sep 19 ).
The Fed’s standard policy rate window was lowered by 50 basis points, moving from 4.75 to 5.5 %.
In Singapore, the Straits Times Index was away 0.47 per share as of 10.39am.
Japan ‘s , Nikkei , share common rose more than 2 per cent, led by export-oriented equities, as the yen weakened against the US dollar despite the Fed interest rate cut.
The , Nikkei was up 2.1 per share at 37, 133.34, as of 12.08am GMT, while the broader Topix was away 1.9 per cent to 2, 614, 09.
Uniqlo brand , user Fast Retailing rose to give the biggest increase to the , Nikkei. Technology start-up investment SoftBank Group rose 1.4 per share.
All of the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s 33 business sub-indexes were trading higher, led by the manufacturers ‘ score, rising 3.9 per share.  , Toyota Motor jumped 4.9 per share.
In early business, MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific stock outside Japan was down 0.4 percent, under pressure as South Asian markets returned from vacation with significant declines in the chipmaking business following a depressed Morgan Stanley word.
South Korea’s Kospi Index was over 0.92 per share as of 1.56am GMT.  ,
However, SK Hynix stock tumbled 9.6 per share and Samsung fell 2.6 per share.