How regional markets fared in year 2011

                                  Market Index     % Gain / Loss in 2011

1.  Philippines         PSEi                     +3.72%
2.  Indonesia           JKSE                    +2.53%
3.  Malaysia             KLCI                    -0.18%
4.  New Zealand      NZX50                  -1.04%
5.  South Korea      KOSPI                  -11.80%
6.  Australia           S&P/ASX200         -15.23%
7.  Singapore          STI                      -18.22%
8.  Japan                NIKKEI                 -18.68%
9.  Hong Kong        HSI                       -21.34%
10.  Taiwan              TAIEX                   -21.64%
11.  China                SSEC                   -22.90%
12.  India                 BSESN                 -24.83%         

Coming next week on 'first' trading day of 2012, the South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, India and Indonesia stock exchanges reopen on Monday.
Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam on Tuesday and
China, Japan , New Zealand and Thailand on Wednesday.

Trading Hours on Christmas and New Year Day

Since Christmas and New Year day fall on Sunday in 2011 and 2012, following day (Monday) will be closed for some stock exchanges, below are some exchanges in Asian countries remain open on Monday (Dec. 26, 2011 and Jan. 2, 2012)

Trading Hours on Day after Christmas Day (Dec. 26, 2011)
and
day after New Year's Day (Jan.2, 2012)

Stock Exchange	Closing Hour (at local time)
Australia	Closed on Dec. 26, 2011 (Monday)  and Jan. 2, 2012 (Monday)
China	Open on Dec. 26, 2011 (Monday)  but closed on Jan. 2, 2012 (Monday)
Hong Kong	Closed on Dec. 26, 2011 (Monday)  and Jan. 2, 2012 (Monday)
India	Open on Dec. 26, 2011 (Monday)  and Jan. 2, 2012 (Monday)
Indonesia	Closed on Dec. 26, 2011 (Monday)  but open on Jan. 2, 2012 (Monday)
Japan	Open on Dec. 26, 2011 (Monday)  and Jan. 2, 2012 (Monday)
Malaysia	Closed on Dec. 26, 2011 (Monday)  and Jan. 2, 2012 (Monday)
New Zealand	Closed on Dec. 26, 2011 (Monday)  and Jan. 2, 2012 (Monday)
Philippines	Open on Dec. 26, 2011 (Monday)  and Jan. 2, 2012 (Monday)
Singapore	Closed on Christmas Day  and Jan. 2, 2012 (Monday)
South Korea	Open on Dec. 26, 2011 (Monday)  and Jan. 2, 2012 (Monday)
Taiwan	Open on Dec. 26, 2011 (Monday)  and Jan. 2, 2012 (Monday)
Thailand	Open on Dec. 26, 2011 (Monday)  but closed on Jan. 2, 2012 (Monday)
Vietnam	Open on Dec. 26, 2011 (Monday)  but closed on Jan. 2, 2012 (Monday)

Note:
Since Christmas is not an official holiday in some Asians' countries like China, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Therefore, trading hours will be traded as usual on Christmas Day for these countries unless this day falls on weekend. 

Trading Hours on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve

If eve of Christmas or New Year Day fall on Saturday or Sunday, then the chart below does not apply otherwise it will be a guide to know which exchanges in Asian countries will be opened or closed.
Hope this help. 

 Trading Hours

on Christmas Eve
and
New Year Eve

Stock Exchange	Closing Hour (at local time)
Australia	Closed at 2.10 pm (Sydney time,GMT + 10) on Christmas Eve  and New Year Eve (Dec.31)
China	Trading as usual on Christmas Eve   and New Year Eve (Dec.31)
Hong Kong	Closed at 12:30 pm (GMT + 8) on Christmas Eve and New Year Eve (Dec.31)
India	Trading as usual on Christmas Eve    and New Year Eve (Dec.31)
Indonesia	Closed on Christmas Eve and New Year Eve (Dec. 31)
Japan	Trading as usual on Christmas Eve  but trading will be closed on New Year Eve (Dec. 31)
Malaysia	Trading as usual on Christmas Eve   but trading will be closed on New Year Eve (Dec. 31)
New Zealand	Closed at 4 pm (GMT + 12) on Christmas Eve   and New Year Eve (Dec. 31)
Philippines	Closed on Christmas Eve and New Year Eve (Dec. 31)
Singapore	Closed at 12:30 pm (GMT + 8) on Christmas Eve and New Year Eve (Dec.31)
South Korea	Trading as usual on Christmas Eve  but trading will be closed all day on New Year Eve (Dec. 31)
Taiwan	Trading as usual on Christmas Eve  and New Year Eve (Dec.31)
Thailand	Trading as usual on Christmas Eve   but trading will be closed all day on New Year Eve (Dec. 31)
Vietnam	Trading as usual on Christmas Eve   and New Year Eve (Dec.31)

* Note:
Since Christmas is not an official holiday in some Asians' countries like China, India, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Therefore, trading hours will be traded as usual on Christmas Eve and Christmas for these countries unless this day falls on weekend.

ASEAN stock exchanges eye cross-border trading in 2012

HANOI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Stock exchanges in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand delayed a plan to set up electronic trading links to attract investment and raise liquidity, saying it would be done in 2012.

The plan, set to be finalised this year, will be joined byexchanges in the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam at a later date. The proposal to launch cross-border trading was initially set to be in place in 2010, but has already been delayed for reasons such as the development of a new platform.

Singapore Exchange and Bursa Malaysia will link up in June 2012, followed by Thailand in August, a joint statement said after the heads of the seven stocks exchanges met in Hanoi on Friday.

The Philippines will come in at a later date while Indonesia and two markets in Vietnam will announce their participation pending approval from their regulatory bodies, according to the statement issued late on Friday.

The meeting also agreed to launch the ASEAN Trading Link in June 2012, it added. The 10-country Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) wants to establish an economic community modelled on the European Union by 2015 and the market venture will support one of its aims, allowing capital to move more freely between states.

The ASEAN Trading Link is aimed to electronically interconnect the participating markets and facilitate cross-border order trading seamlessly. The seven exchanges of Southeast Asian have a combined capitalisation of about $2.4 trillion and were the darlings of emerging market investors in 2010.

Source: Yahoo

Trading Hours on Christmas Day and New Year's Day

Trading Hours on Christmas Day
and
New Year's Day (Jan.1, 201x)

Stock Exchange	Closing Hour (at local time)
Australia	Closed on Christmas Day  and New Year's Day *
China	Trading as usual on Christmas Day *  but  closed on New Year's Day
Hong Kong	Closed on Christmas Day  and New Year's Day *
India	Closed on Christmas Day  and New Year's Day*
Indonesia	Closed on Christmas Day  and New Year's Day *
Japan	Trading as usual on Christmas Day * but closed on New Year's Day
Malaysia	Closed on Christmas Day  and New Year's Day *
New Zealand	Closed on Christmas Day  and New Year's Day *
Philippines	Closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day
Singapore	Closed on Christmas Day  and New Year's Day *
South Korea	Closed on Christmas Day  and closed on New Year's Day
Taiwan	Trading as usual on Christmas Day *  but closed on New Year's Day
Thailand	Trading as usual on Christmas Day * but   closed on New Year's Day
Vietnam	Trading as usual on Christmas Day *  but closed on New Year's Day

* Note:
Since Christmas is not an official holiday in some Asians' countries like China, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Therefore, trading hours will be traded as usual on Christmas Day for these countries unless this day falls on weekend. 

* Note: For Asians' countries (see above) celebrate Christmas Day and New Year's Day, if these days fall on Sunday, then the following day (e.g. Monday) will be closed.