The Asian markets extended gains in late trades.The Nikkei ended with significant gain of 2% (326 points) at 17,090.The Hang Seng has gained 123 points at 19,042, and the Shanghai Composite index has moved up 15 points to 2911.The KLSE Composite index surged 2% to 1180. The Straits Times and Taiwan Weighted indices moved up around 1.5% each to 3107 and 7574, respectively. The Seoul Composite index is up 1% at 1424.Updated at 0910 hrsMost of the Asian markets were trading with marginal gains this morning.While the Nikkei had slipped 38 points to 16,727, the Hang Seng had gained 48 points at 18,966. The Shanghai index was up 13 points at 2909.The KLSE Composite index had rallied 1.5% to 1174. The Straits Times, Seoul Composite and Taiwan Weighted indices were up over 0.5% each at 3078, 1420 and 7532, respectively.
