HA NOI (Biz Hub) — Shares in Viet Nam's Hanoi and HCM City stock markets ended higher on Friday. The HNX Index gains 0.53 point to 62.61 and the VN Index gains 2.02 points to 500.24.
Singapore shares ended lower with the Straits Times Index slipping 61.2 points to 3,393.17 while the Nikkei rose 0.9 per cent to 14,612.45after Thursday's plunge.
Chinese shares closed higher on Friday, as the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index increased 0.57 percent, or 12.87 points, to end at 2,288.53. The Shenzhen Component Index gained 0.42 percent, or 39.18 points, to 9,304.86. .— The Straits Times/China Daily/ANN/VNS