THE ALL SHARE MIBTEL INDEX CLOSED AT 29,935 POINTS, UP 170 OR 0.57 PERCENT. THE INDEX GAINED 677 POINTS SINCE APRIL 13. TOKYO - THE NIKKEI AVERAGE ENDED UP 0.50 PERCENT AS HOPES FOR STRONG EARNINGS LIFTED SONY CORP. AND OTHER BLUE-CHIP SHARES, WHILE KYOCERA CORP. AND CELLPHONE-RELATED SHARES RANG UP GAINS ON GROWING DEMAND. THE INDEX FINISHED UP 86.43 POINTS AT 17,403.96. FOR THE WEEK, THE NIKKEI ADDED 170.14 POINTS. HONG KONG - STOCKS ENDED DOWN 0.19 PERCENT AS THE WEEK'S SUCCESSIVE GAINS TRIGGERED PROFIT-TAKING, BUT DEVELOPERS SUCH AS SUN HUNG KAI (SHK) PROPERTIES LTD. OUTPERFORMED TO PUSH REAL ESTATE SHARES TO FRESH EIGHT-YEAR HIGHS. THE BENCHMARK HANG SENG INDEX FINISHED DOWN 32.19 POINTS AT 16,912.15, ENDING A FOUR-DAY GAINING STREAK AND LOGGING A WEEKLY GAIN OF 482.7 POINTS. SYDNEY - SHARES LOST 0.51 PERCENT AS A SHARP FALL IN METAL PRICES HURT SENTIMENT ON MINING STOCKS SUCH AS BHP BILLITON LTD./PLC., AFTER ITS SURGE TO RECORD HIGHS EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE BENCHMARK S&P/ASX 200 INDEX FELL 26.8 POINTS TO 5,250.1, THOUGH IT WAS STILL UP 74.4 POINTS OVER THE WEEK. JOHANNESBURG - SOUTH AFRICAN STOCKS EDGED HIGHER AS A PRECIOUS METAL RECOVERY BUOYED SOME HEAVILY-WEIGHTED MINING STOCKS AND NETCARE JUMPED ON NEWS IT WAS IN TALKS THAT COULD AFFECT ITS SHARE PRICE. THE ALL-SHARE INDEX CLOSED AT 21,029.02 POINTS, UP 43.54 OR 0.21 PERCENT, 362.05 POINTS HIGHER ON THE WEEK. THE ALL GOLD INDEX CLOSED AT 2,980.26 POINTS, UP 9.72 OR 0.33 PERCENT, RISING 126.14 POINTS FROM A WEEK AGO, WHILE THE INDUSTRIAL INDEX CLOSED AT 14,464.36 POINTS, UP 22.79 OR 0.16 PERCENT, UP 124.85 POINTS SINCE LAST FRIDAY.
