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(CNN) -- Asian and Pacific markets opened strong on Monday, with Japanese, Australian and Hong Kong exchanges rising in morning trades.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was up 6.10 percent by noon, while Seoul's KOSPI was up 5.11 percent, and Tokyo's Nikkei rose about 4.68 percent.
Australia's All Ordinaries index was up 3.69 percent.
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