Asian stocks recover on last trading session for 2011

Source: Marketwatch
On Friday Asian markets managed partly recover from previous days' losses and traded higher on the last trading session in 2011. Japan's Nikkei Stock Average and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index each gained 0.5%, while China's Shanghai Composite advanced 0.9%. Only Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index extended losses and was down 0.4%. Markets in South Korea were shut for a holiday.

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