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Asian-Pacific Benchmarks Advance |
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8:29 AM EST January 20 2006 |
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Asian-Pacific benchmarks closed in the positive Friday, despite the rising oil prices. Stocks were boosted by gains on Wall Street on the back of strong quarterly results, released by major companies. The Nikkei rose 0.8% to 15,820.96,lifted by broad-buying of bank, tech and mining stocks. Across the region, South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.8%, Taiwan’s Weighted index added 0.3%, and Singapore’s Straits Times climbed 0.55%. |
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