Asian ADRs rally after US rate cut

HONG KONG, Sep 19 (Reuters) Asian stocks listed on Wall Street <.bkas> jumped 2.7 percent to a seven-week closing high after the U.S. Federal Reserve slashed the benchmark fed funds rate by 50 basis points to 4.75 percent.

The hefty move was a bold bid to shield the world's biggest economy from a housing slump and financial turbulence, helping soothe fears of a sharper slowdown in Asia's top export market.

Banks shares, which have been battered by worries about a global credit shortage stemming from the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, rallied. Exporters were also lifted by the rate move.

HSBC Holdings , Indian lender ICICI Bank , Taiwan's contract chip maker TSMC and Infosys Technologies , India's No. 2 software services exporter, all gained ground.

The Fed action also helped U.S. stocks jump the most in four years, driving the blue chip Dow Jones Industrial Average <.dji> up 2.5 percent.

MSCI's measure of Asia Pacific stocks excluding Japan <.miapj0000pus> fell 0.6 percent on Tuesday ahead of the U.S.

rate move.

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