India, Jan. 17 -- Asian stocks rose on Friday as investors cheered more signs of resilience in the world's second-largest economy.

Chinese GDP data came in line with expectations and there was growth in industrial output and retail sales, suggesting the world's second-biggest economy ended the year on a firmer note.

China's Shanghai Composite Index finished the day marginally higher at 3,075.50, giving up initial gains. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 0.6 percent to 29,056.42.

China's economy expanded at the slowest pace since 1990 as cooling domestic demand and property investment amid the trade war with the United States weighed heavily on growth last year.

In the whole year of 2019, gross domestic product grew 6.1 percent, which w...