Hopes for end to US-China trade war in fourth quarter buoy markets
Chinese markets will be shut for a week from Tuesday to mark 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
01 October 2019 - 09:01
Tokyo — Asian share prices ticked up on Tuesday as some investors clung to hopes that the fourth quarter would bring progress in resolving the US-China trade war that has cast a shadow over the global economy.
Japan’s Nikkei rose 0.74% while MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan inched up 0.24% and Australia’s benchmark 0.25%...
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