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Jakarta Composite Index rose 1.53 percent and gained 67.10 points to end the week at 4,465.48 points.

Some 3.4 billion shares valued at Rp 4.2 trillion ($436 million) changed hands on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). Advancers beat decliners 156 to 98.

Tokyo soared 2.86 percent, or 303.66 points, to 10,913.30, Hong Kong was up 1.12 percent, or 262.02 points, at 23,601.78 and Shanghai put on 1.41 percent, or 32.16 points, to 2,317.07.

Seoul added 0.69 percent, or 13.58 points, to 1,987.85 and Sydney gained 0.31 percent, or 14.6 points, to 4,771.2.

The Stock Exchange of Thailand Index rose 13.49 points or 0.95% to close at 1,434.44 up 1.6% from the previous Friday’s close of 1,296.98. Turnover was 60.33 billion baht, with 35.86 billion shares traded.

The central bank said rising exports, domestic consumption and investment would lift Thai GDP this year by 4.9%, compared with a forecast of 4.6% in October.

Philippine Stock Exchange index added 67.03 points or 1.1 percent to close at 6,139.21. A new intra-day peak was also hit at 6,150.62.

For the week, the local index was up 87.46 points or 1.44 percent from last week’s finish.

The FBM KLCI index lost 4.65 points or 0.28% on Friday. The Finance Index fell 0.21% to 15325.57 points, the Properties Index up 0.07% to 1098.74 points and the Plantation Index rose 0.15% to 8094.22 points. The market traded within a range of 9.27 points between an intra-day high of 1683.96 and a low of 1674.69 during the session.

Stocks in Singapore closed 0.5 per cent higher on Friday, in line with regional bourses, following positive economic data out of China.

China’s economy expanded 7.8 per cent in 2012, better than the government’s target of 7.5 per cent, while gross domestic product grew 7.9 per cent in the October-December period, snapping seven straight quarters of slowing growth.

The Straits Times Index rose 16.12 points to end at 3,211.22.