Inflation data in Japan, rate decision

The Asia-Pacific markets climbed on Friday after the S&P 500 reached a record of day overnight while US President Donald Trump called for a drop in interest rates and cheaper oil prices.

The Bank of Japan has increased the rate of policy by 25 basic points to 0.5% – the highest since 2008 and in accordance with the expectations of economists. Following the decision, the Japanese yen marginally weakened to exchange 155.18 against the dollar.

Earlier Friday, Japan said its basic inflation rate had reached a 16 -month summit of 3% in December, from year to year.

The country’s reference Nikkei 225 The index increased by 0.11%, while the Topix won 0.18%.

The Hong Kong Hang Seng index won 2.06% while reference CS1300 in China increased by 0.83%

In South Korea Kospit won 0.58%, while Kosdaq increased by 0.87%.

Australia S&P / ASX 200 Rose for a third consecutive week. The index ended the day from 0.36% to 8,408.9.

The Central Bank of Singapore has attenuated its monetary policy in accordance with market expectations, given the increase in basic inflation levels in December.

In the United States, the S&P 500 added 0.53%, marking an intra-day summit of all time for the second consecutive session to end the day at 6,118.71.

The industrial average of Dow Jones increased by 408.34 points, or 0.92%, to 44,565.07, while the NASDAQ composite increased by 0.22% to 20,053.68. Thursday marked the fourth consecutive victory session for the three main indices.

– Alex Harring and Jesse Pound of CNBC contributed to this report.