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* Japan seen as "global cyclical" market; liquid and easy-to-sell

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said on Friday that it had fined the Hong Kong branch of JPMorgan Chase & Co HK$12.5 million ($1.60 million) and reprimanded it for breaching anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing rules.

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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is considering three options for a relief package to help farmers suffering because of low crop prices at a cost of as much as 3 trillion rupees ($42.82 billion), according to three government sources.

A decline in the number of mortgages approved by British high-street banks flattened out last month, with the first year-on-year rise since September 2017, figures from industry group UK Finance showed on Friday.

* All sectors in the black (Adds analyst comment, updates share moves)

Most Southeast Asian stock markets were lacklustre on Friday, but saw off a year that was plagued by trade tension-driven equity sell-downs with significant annual losses. Thailand and Vietnam markets were the only ones that saw major intraday movement, with Thailand rising about 1 percent while Vietnam...

* Xaar drops after profit warning (Updates prices, adds quotes, graphic)

* Japan seen as "global cyclical" market; liquid and easy-to-sell

Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal can be passed by the British parliament if the European Union provides clarification that the Northern Irish "backstop" will be temporary, foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said on Friday.

Pan-European exchanges group Euronext NV, which plans a bid to buy Oslo Bors , said on Friday it had now secured the backing of a majority of shareholders in the Norwegian stock market operator.