Hong Kong's Hang Seng index showed a stronger rise, and was up 1.4 percent after some hours of trading.
Also Shanghai's composite index went upwards, 0.3 percent, while Shenzhen's ditto fell 0.2 percent.
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Stock exchanges in Asia are rising during the week's last trading day. The Japanese Nikkei 225 index had at lunchtime risen 0.7 percent, while the broader Topix index increased 0.5.
