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As it happened: ASX ends up 0.8pc – The Sydney Morning Herald
The ASX200 finished the week with a gain of 0.8 per cent thanks to a solid rally in tech stocks on Friday.
Stocks were mixed in Asia on Friday after broad gains lifted several major indexes to all-time highs on Wall Street.
Tokyos benchmark rose 1% while Chinese indexes slipped as investors cashed in on recent surges in share prices. Oil prices fell slightly and the yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury was steady at 1.54%.
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