The agreement of a rescue plan for Greece's debt crisis had a positive impact on the Asian stock markets on Friday.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index added 277.73 points (or 1.32%) to 21053.11 points on Friday. The property sector gained the most with an increase of 2.08%, lifted mainly by shares of some major property companies in Hong Kong. Two of the largest property developers in Hong Kong, Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd and Sun Hung Kai Properties, saw their share price gain 2.14% and 1.54% respectively. Banking stocks also rose storngly with HSBC Holding PLC. advancing 2.29% in Hong Kong. Singapore's manufacturing output was reported to have risne by 5.9% in February 2010 on a seasonally adjuste...
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