Asian Markets End Week and Friday Session on Positive Note

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Asian markets closed the week and Friday trading session on a positive note.

Here are the key figures and trading results from major regional exchanges:

- Nikkei 225 +1.5%;

- Hang Seng +1%;

- ASX 200 +1.1%;

- Nifty 50 +0.7%.

Note that Asian stock exchanges open at 03:00 and close at 13:00 Moscow time.

Key Asian stock markets:

- TSE (Japan) - market capitalization of over $4.5 trillion, benchmark index Nikkei 225,

- SSE (China) - the largest in Asia (market capitalization of $5 trillion), foreign investors operate through Hong Kong intermediaries,

- HKEx (Hong Kong) - market capitalization of over $3 trillion, primary hub for Chinese securities and link to Western markets,

- KRX (South Korea) - market capitalization of $2 trillion, benchmark index KOSPI,

- BSE (India) - market capitalization of $2 trillion, main indicator BSE 100.

This overview was presented by Aleksey Grishchenko, Ph.D., Professor of the Department of Operational and Sectoral Management at the Higher School of Management of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation.