Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Friday, taking their cues from strong overseas markets after the European Central Bank's latest bond-buying plan to help troubled countries in the region revived appetite for risk. Jakarta's Composite Index gained 1 percent to the highest close in almost two weeks. It posted a 2.1 percent gain for the week, its best in two months and the region's best performer for the week.
Malaysia's benchmark index recovered from the day's lows to end up 0.4 percent but finished the week down 1.3 percent, its worst weekly performance in over 3 months.