Manila - Philippine shares rose 2.3 per cent Friday after world leaders vowed to pump in more money into the International Monetary Fund to help troubled countries.
The Philippine Stock Exchange 30-share composite index gained 45.71 points to finish at 2,028.59, from Thursday's close of 1,982.88.
A total of 1.33 billion shares valued at 2.87 billion pesos (59.79 million dollars) were traded.
Gainers outpaced losers 82 to 20, with 30 issues unchanged.
Tokyo - Tokyo stocks extended the week's positive trend Friday as hopes for a global recovery rose after the London Group of 20 summit of influential world leaders.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average index was up 49.94 points, or 0.57 per cent, to 8,769.72 by mid-trading.
The broader Topix index of all first-section issues also rose 7.29 points, or 0.88 per cent, to 833.98.
Investors were encouraged by the reassurances of the G20 leaders to pull out all stops to kick-start the slowing global economy.
New York - US and global stocks surged Thursday as a summit of the world's major industrial and emerging powers agreed on a more than 1-trillion-dollar aid package to help revive the global economy.
Major stock indices in the US climbed nearly 3 per cent and the Euro Stoxx index surged more than 5 per cent on the Group of 20 (G20) deal in London.
Sydney - Australian stocks we
Manila - Philippine shares rose 2.3 per cent Friday after world leaders vowed to pump in more money into the International Monetary Fund to help troubled countries.
Tokyo - Tokyo stocks extended the week's positive trend Friday as hopes for a global recovery rose after the London Group of 20 summit of influential world leaders.
New York - US and global stocks surged Thursday as a summit of the world's major industrial and emerging powers agreed on a more than 1-trillion-dollar aid package to help revive the global economy.
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Sydney - Australian stocks took heart from s
