Asian shares firmer as investors pin hopes on trade truce
Equities rise while safe havens are on the defensive amid optimism of easing tension between the US and China
06 September 2019 - 08:00
Tokyo — Asian stocks joined global peers and rose on Friday while safe havens such as government bonds and the yen were on the defensive amid hopes for easing US-China trade tensions and as firm US economic data increased risk appetites.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan added 0.4%, putting it on track for a 2.2% weekly gain, which would make it the best week since mid-June...
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