Bangkok, Dec. 09, 2022, SPA -- Shares rose in Asia on Friday after an advance on Wall Street led by the latest rally in technology companies, the AP reported.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 1.9% to 19,810.42. The Shanghai Composite index climbed 0.3% to 3,205.62.
Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index gained 1.2% to 27,901.01 and the Kospi in Seoul rose 0.8% to 2,389.04. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 picked up 0.5% to 7,213.20.
In other trading, U.S. benchmark crude oil gained 52 cents to $71.98 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York
Mercantile Exchange. It settled 0.8% lower at $71.46 per barrel.
Brent crude added 50 cents to $76.65 per barrel.
The U.S. dollar slipped to 136.02 Japanese yen from 136.69 yen. The euro rose to $1.0578 from $1.0556.
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11:30 LOCAL TIME 08:30 GMT
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