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Passersby wearing protective face masks following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are reflected on a screen displaying stock prices outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, March 17, 2020/ Reuters
Global Economy

Asian shares rise as US stimulus plans offset virus woes

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose slightly to 721.96 and just a short distance away from last week's record high of 727.31

Men wearing protective face masks chat in front of a screen displaying Nikkei share average and world stock indexes outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Global Economy

Asia shares step back, await China economic update

A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a screen displaying a graph showing recent Nikkei share average outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Global Economy

Asian shares rise on vaccine bets but analysts urge caution

A visitor wearing protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus, walks past in front of an electric screen displaying Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan March 2, 2020/ Reuters
Global Economy

Asian stocks rally as investors applaud vaccine development

People walk past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. Asian shares rose Monday on relief the US presidential election results were finally decided, with Joe Biden the president-elect. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu
Global Economy

Asian shares, US futures surge on relief US election decided

Men wearing protective face masks chat in front of a screen displaying Nikkei share average and world stock indexes outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Global Economy

Asia shares near three-year high, bonds hold gains on US gridlock bets

Men wearing protective face masks chat in front of a screen displaying Nikkei share average and world stock indexes outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Global Economy

Asian shares rebound on strong China data, oil on slippery slope

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Global Economy

Asian stocks near 4-month highs on vaccine hopes, eyes on US payrolls

Passersby wearing protective face masks following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are reflected on a screen displaying stock prices outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, March 17, 2020/ Reuters
Global Economy

Asia stocks reach 3-month peaks, resilient to US riots

A man wearing protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks in front of a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo/Reuters
Stocks

Asian stocks gain on economic hopes, but Hong Kong risk clouds outlook

In a matter of weeks, the highly contagious disease has pushed the world to the brink of a recession more severe than the 2008 financial crisis. The Photo shows a visitor wearing a protective face mask walks past a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, on March 2, 2020/ Reuters
Global Economy

Asia shares set for early gains as focus swings to recovery

Passersby wearing protective face masks following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are reflected on a screen displaying stock prices outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, March 17, 2020/ Reuters
Global Economy

Asia shares, oil rally on vaccine hopes, euro at two-week highs

A pedestrian wearing a face mask walks near an overpass with an electronic board showing stock information, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China March 17, 2020. Photo:Reuters
Global Economy

Asia shares follow S&P 500 higher, oil and gold jump