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Asian-Pacific Benchmarks Close Higher |
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8:56 AM EST January 25 2006 |
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Asian-Pacific benchmarks finished in the positive ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday with easing oil prices and institutional share buying. The leading gainers were South Korea’s Kospi, rising 1.2% and Taiwan’s Weighted index, up 1.2%. Shanghai Composite advanced 0.5% on better-than-expected economic data and institutional buying of large-capitalized stocks. The Nikkei finished flat at 0.01%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was the only decliner, down 0.07%.
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