Asia market manufacturing PMIs all strong for December

Japan's Dec PMI is here, best for nearly 2 years:

• Japan - Jibun Bank/Markit Manufacturing PMI (final) for December 50.0

Some of the other Asia markets results for December manufacturing PMIs:

• South Korea at 52.9, unchanged from November
• Taiwan 59.4 (from 56.9 in November)
• Indonesia 51.3 (50.6)
• Malaysia 49.1 (48.4)