Asian stocks edge higher as oil benefits from US-Iran tension
Gold nears six-year high on weak dollar as Asian stocks rise slightly on hopes of China-US trade talks
24 June 2019 - 09:24
Tokyo — Asian shares edged up on Monday as investors pinned their hopes on any signs of a thaw in Sino-US trade negotiations, while oil prices firmed on heightened tensions between the US and Iran.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.2%, hovering not far from Thursday’s six-week high, while Japan’s Nikkei average was up 0.3%...
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