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AP-APTN-0930: Asia Markets Friday, 23 December 2011 STORY:Asia Markets- REPLAY Asian markets climb on hopes of strength in US economy LENGTH: 02:04 FIRST RUN: 0330 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 720289 DATELINE: Various - 23 Dec 2011 LENGTH: 02:04 ++STORYLINE UPDATED AT 0645 GMT++ AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: Hong Kong 1. Wide of Hong Kong Stock Exchange trading floor 2. Various of index running on electronic board 3. Wide of traders 4. Set up of General Manager of Lyncean Securities Limited Francis Lun 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Francis Lun, General Manager of Lyncean Securities Limited: "So with the debt crisis in Europe seems to be heading for a resolution, so investors returned to the market and went bargain-hunting, so we see the Hang Seng Index up about 200 points today. But still the turnover is quite low meaning that many investors are on vacation or still staying on the sidelines, so we are not seeing the beginning of bull market but really just say recovery from the previous low." 6. Wide pan of trading floor Seoul, South Korea 7. Close up of KOSPI point on the stock board in Korea Exchange (KRX) 8. Various of stock prices on board 9. KOSPI point and exchange rate on computer monitor 10. Close up of rates on computer monitor, pull focus to KOSPI point on screen behind 11. Index rates on computer monitor 12. Close up of stock price ticker 13. KOSPI point and stock prices on board Taipei, Taiwan 14. Monitor with stock market index outside local securities company 15. Close up of screen showing index point moving up from 125.9 to 125.91 16. Close up of main index rising from 7092.43 to 7092.58 17. Various of monitor showing index figures 18. Close up of electronic stock ticker running inside building STORYLINE Asian stock markets rose on Friday in thin holiday trading on signs the US economy is improving. Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 1.1 percent to 18,576.06 and Seoul's Kospi was up 1.2 percent to 1,868.84. Japan's financial markets are closed for a public holiday. China's benchmark in Shanghai gained 1.5 percent to 2,218.01, Sydney's S&P/ASX 200 jumped 1.2 percent to 4,140.40 and Singapore added 0.4 percent to 2,675.44. In early trading, Taiwan's main index was up 126.29 points at 6,959.74. Francis Lun, General Manager of Lyncean Securities Limited in Hong Kong said hopes for a resolution on the European debt crisis had buoyed the markets slightly, but improvements were still tentative. "The turnover is quite low meaning that many investors are on vacation or still staying on the sidelines, so we are not seeing the beginning of bull market but really just say recovery from the previous low," Lun said. Investors have been cheered in recent weeks by evidence of a rebound in the US - the world's biggest economy and a crucial export market for many countries in Asia. Investors were also encouraged by an agreement in the US Congress to extend a payroll tax cut for two months. Trading volume is normally low during the next week as many investors take vacations over Christmas and New Year. Global markets are closed on Monday for Christmas. Credit ratings agency Fitch said it expects growth in Asia's developing economies will slow slightly next year but still expand by a robust 6.8 percent, which should help bolster the region's wealthier nations. 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