BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed higher on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.79 percent to 2,924.2 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.81 percent higher at 9,228.55 points.
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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 303.74 points, or 1.07 percent, to 28,765.4 points on Friday.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 28,551.2 and 28,809.59. Turnover totaled 67.58 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 8.65 billion U.S. dollars).
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SINGAPORE -- Singapore stocks closed higher on Friday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) going up 0.5 percent, or 16.91 points, to close at 3,377.96.
A total of 1.48 billion shares changed hands with a turnover of 1.11 billion Singapore dollars (about 816.76 million U.S. dollars). Gainers outnumbered losers by 244 to 168.
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TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks closed sharply higher Friday as sentiment being lifted by solid performances on overseas bourses saw investors take to buying back issues deemed oversold during the market's three-day downturn.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average climbed 420.75 points, or 2.0 percent, from Thursday to close the day at 21,466.99.
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MUMBAI -- Indian markets closed lower Friday. Benchmark indices ended at two-month low on July 19 after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman dashed hope of a tweak in FPI surcharge. Continued asset quality concerns in Q1 also spooked markets.
The benchmark S&P, BSE Sensex closed at 38,337.01, 560.45 points or 1.44 percent down compared to its previous close at 38,897.46.
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SYDNEY -- The Australian share market has ended sharply higher on Friday, with every sector seeing improvements.
At the close of trade, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 51.20 points or 0.77 percent at 6,700.30, while the broader All Ordinaries index lost 50.80 points or 0.75 percent at 6,786.20.
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BANGKOK -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index Friday moved up 11.66 points, or 0.68 percent to close at 1,735.10 points.
Some 18.94 billion shares worth 61.93 billion baht (about 2.02 billion U.S. dollars) changed hands.
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JAKARTA -- Indonesia shares closed higher by 53.24 points, or 0.83 percent, to a level of 6,456.54 on Friday.
Some 508,141 transactions were booked, involving 17.2 billion copies of shares with a value of 9.7 trillion rupiah (about 696 million U.S. dollars).
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HO CHI MINH CITY -- VN-Index, the stock market index of Ho Chi Minh City bourse in southern Vietnam, closed at 982.34 points on Friday, up 6.29 points, or 0.64 percent against the previous trading day.
Over 170.265 million shares worth 4.002 trillion Vietnamese dong (174 million U.S. dollars) changed hands at the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange.
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KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian stock market ended higher here on Friday.
The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) was at 1,658.19 up 9.26 points or 0.56 percent, and the Emas was at 11,790.22 up 73.97 points or 0.63 percent.
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VIENTIANE -- The Lao stock market closed on Friday with a decrease of 0.54 percent compared to the previous trading day.
The Lao Securities Exchange composite index decreased by 4.19 points, reaching 772.61 points after closing.
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MANILA -- Philippine shares closed 0.15 percent higher on Friday.
The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index increased by 12.02 points to 8,270.07. The all-share index went up by 1.73 points, or 0.03 percent, to 5,010.71.
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SEOUL -- Seoul shares ended higher Friday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 27.81 points, or 1.35 percent, to settle at 2,094.36. Trading volume stood at 386 million shares worth 4.1 trillion won (3.5 billion U.S. dollars).
South Korea's currency finished at 1,174.5 won against the greenback, up 4.3 won from the previous close.
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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand stock market's indicator, the S&P/NZX 50 index, jumped slightly by 0.11 percent to 10,753 on Friday.
The jump was led by Good Spirits Hospitality Limited, an investment company focusing on New Zealand's hospitality sector. It went up by 13.64 percent to 0.125 NZ dollars (0.085 U.S. dollars), while Future Mobility Solutions Limited, which manufactures amphibious marine craft, dropped by 6.15 percent to 0.061 NZ dollars. Enditem