Tokyo — Asian stocks rose on Wednesday, joining a record-setting session for global markets as investors cheered upbeat factory activity in Europe and solid earnings on Wall Street. But the dollar dipped, reversing an earlier rise made on hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials. Spread-betters expected the boon for equities to extend into the European day, predicting a higher open for Britain’s FTSE, Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.6%, taking its cues from the world stock index rising to a record peak overnight. South Korea’s Kospi added 0.15%, Singapore advanced 0.7% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.9%. Japan’s Nikkei bucked the trend and shed 0.1%. The Dow rose 0.6% on Tuesday to notch a record closing high for the eighth consecutive session, lifted by strong earnings reports from Wal-Mart and Home Depot. That followed a strong showing in European equities, which were boosted by upbeat German and French fact...
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