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Asian stock market indices end on mixed note; major European indices trade negative
Asian stock market indices ended on a mixed note today. South Korea’s Kospi jumped 2.2 per cent to settle at a record closing high of 9,064, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 climbed 1.6 per cent to finish at an all-time closing high of 71,053. Taiwan’s Taiex advanced 1.3 per cent, and Singapore’s Strait Tim...