HONG KONG: Asian markets fluctuated on Friday as investors kept a wary eye on developments in the Evergrande debt crisis while keeping an upbeat outlook for the global recovery outlook.

Investors struggled to track a surge on Wall Street that followed news the Federal Reserve planned to start tapering its vast monetary easing program within months, which observers took as a signal of confidence that the world's top economy is well on the right track.

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