Australia, NZ shares end firmer as China fires up trade deal hopes <!-- no image --> <div>* Australia benchmark ends 2nd week up but loses over 3% in August<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=48Aoe0rzZ2U:snBGr8ZCzHU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=48Aoe0rzZ2U:snBGr8ZCzHU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=48Aoe0rzZ2U:snBGr8ZCzHU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=48Aoe0rzZ2U:snBGr8ZCzHU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=48Aoe0rzZ2U:snBGr8ZCzHU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/48Aoe0rzZ2U" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters