A woman looks at an electric quotation board flashing the key indices of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo. Photo courtesy: AFP

Workers clean up next to computer screens showing the Korean stock index after a ceremony to mark the final day of trading for 2010 in Seoul. South Korea's benchmark KOSPI closed 0.37% higher, supported by window dressing on the last trading day of the year. Photo courtesy: AFP

A cameraman takes video footage of the stock index board at the Korea Stock Exchange in Seou on the last trading day of the year. Photo courtesy: AFP

Staff of South Korea Stock Exchange celebrate during a ceremony to mark the final day of trading for 2010 in Seoul. Photo courtesy: AFP

A trader blows horns during the year-end closing of trade in front of a giant electronic board at the Philippine Stock Exchange in Manila. Photo courtesy: AFP

Philippine Stock Exchange traders celebrate the last day of trading in front of a giant electronic board in Manila. Photo courtesy: AFP