Investor confidence in impending good news on Chinese inflation lifted the Shanghai market to its biggest gain in five weeks, helping to propel Asian stocks to 30-month peaks, while Seoul hit record highs.

　　有關即將公布的中國通脹數據將會令人樂觀的投資者信心，推動上海股市創下5周來最大漲幅，并帶動亞洲股市升至30個月高點，韓國股市創歷史新高。

　　Beijing is due to release much-awaited consumer price inflation figures on Thursday but talk in the markets was of an early leak that revealed a cooling in China’s economy.

　　中國定于周四公布人們廣泛期待的消費價格指數(CPI)，但市場傳言，提前泄漏的數據表明中國經濟出現降溫。

　　“Investors seem to know the economic numbers due to be released [on Thursday],” Wang Zheng, of Jingxi Investment Management, told Bloomberg. “The rally reflects easing concern about inflation.”

　　精熙投資管理有限公司(Jingxi Investment Management)的王征向彭博社(Bloomberg)表示：“投資者似乎知道將（于周四）發布的經濟數字。市場的上漲反映出通脹擔憂的緩解。”

　　The Shanghai Composite jumped 1.8 per cent to 2,758.10 while the pan- regional FTSE Asia-Pacific index rose 1 per cent to 270.30, its highest level since June 2008.

　　上證綜合指數上漲1.8%，至2758.10點；富時亞太指數(FTSE Asia-Pacific index)上漲1%，至270.30點，為2008年6月以來最高水平。

　　A positive start to the US earnings season was also underpinning sentiment, added Prasad Patkar, of Platypus Asset Management, but he cautioned: “China’s economy is robust but it’ll take at least six months of strong data to silence those calling a policy-induced hard landing.”

　　Platypus Asset Management的普拉薩德•帕特卡爾(Prasad Patkar)補充表示，美國業績公布季節的良好開局也提振了市場人氣。但他告誡稱：“中國經濟充滿活力，但至少需要6個月的強勁數據才能平息那些呼吁政策引導的硬著陸的呼聲。”

　　Industrial stocks led the Shanghai rally on relief that policy tightening threats to growth were receding.

　　工業類股領漲上海股市，經濟增長所面臨的政策收緊威脅正在緩解的消息，令投資者松了一口氣。

　　Railcar makers CSR and China CNR jumped by the 10 per cent daily limit on a report that they might win UK orders worth nearly $800bn. CSR hit a record high of Rmb8.66 while CNR rose to Rmb8.77, the highest since the stock began trading more than a year ago.

　　鐵路車輛生產商中國南車(CSR)及中國北車(CNR)漲停。有報道稱，兩家公司可能贏得了英國價值近8000億美元的訂單。中國南車創下每股8.66元人民幣的歷史新高，中國北車則升至8.77元，同樣創下了該股1年多前上市以來的最高水平。

　　China Shipping Container Lines surged 7.4 per cent to Rmb4.78, the most in nearly three months, after saying profit was better than expected because of a recovery in its global industry.

　　中海集運(China Shipping  Container Lines)躍升7.4%，收于4.78元，創下近3個月來最高水平。該公司此前宣布，由于全球航運市場復蘇，公司盈利超出預期。

　　科技類股推動韓國Kospi指數上漲0.9%，至2115.69點的歷史最高收盤水平。美國巨頭蘋果(Apple)和IBM的業績提振了整個亞洲的科技板塊。