Asian shares edge up on hopes over trade deal
Outperformance of US economic data gives the dollar a leg up on its peers
25 November 2019 - 07:31
Sydney — Asian shares staged a cautious rally on Monday as investors dared to hope for some progress in the protracted Sino-US trade dispute, while the outperformance of recent US economic data gave the dollar a leg up on its peers.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan bounced 0.7%, after losing 0.4% last week...
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