Major stock market indexes in Asia - Pacific region traded mixed on Friday following the records gained on Wall Street overnight.
The FTSE 100 in London gained 0.13 percent at the same time with Barratt Developments PLC rising by 3.05 percent. The DAX in Frankfurt rose by 0.97 percent, while the CAC 40 Index in Paris rose 0.79 percent.
The euro fell 0.26 percent to go for $1.22345, while the pound stood flat against the dollar to change hands at $1.35744 a minute later.
South Korea's Kospi Composite went up by 4.00 percent, with Japan's Nikkei 225 rising by 2.36 percent or 648 points at the same time. The Australian S&P/ASX 200 increased by 0.68 percent. In mainland China, the Shanghai Composite slipped 0.40 percent. The Shenzhen Composite fell by 0.34 percent as Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 1.20 percent.
The dollar stood flat against the yen, going for ¥103.8680.
GLOBAL MARKETS-Europe opens in green on vaccine hopes
GLOBAL MARKETS-Europe opens in green on vaccine hopes
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Shares on major European stock markets edged up to start Friday's session in the green territory after a laboratory study indicated that the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine could be effective against the new variant of the coronavirus that is coming from the UK and South Africa.
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