Asian stocks rose on Friday, AP reported. Hong Kong's benchmark rose 1.2% while Shanghai and Hong Kong also rose and Tokyo was unchanged. Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose to 28,193.40 and the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.8% to 3,032.81. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 was off 16 points at 23,908.33. Seoul's Kospi gained 0.3% to 2,204.03 and Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 added 0.4% to 6,820.10. India's Sensex opened 0.7% higher at 41,439.43. Benchmarks in Taiwan and Singapore advanced while New Zealand declined. Benchmark U.S. crude gained 16 cents to $61.84 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract added 57 cents on Thursday to close at $61.88. Brent crude, used to price international oils, advanced 11 cents to $66.87 per barrel in London. It rose 60 cents the previous session to $66.76. The dollar weakened to 109.48 yen from Thursday's 109.57 yen. The euro gained to $1.1121 from $1.1100.
