Asian shares buoyed by Donald Trump’s comments on trade deal
Positive mood pushes Wall Street indices to fresh record closing highs and stokes confidence in Asia with MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan up
27 November 2019 - 08:01
Shanghai — Asian shares rose on Wednesday as upbeat signals from China-US trade talks fanned hopes of an easing of tariff hostilities, while expectations the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates low supported sentiment.
The positive mood pushed Wall Street indices to fresh record closing highs on Tuesday and stoked confidence in Asia with MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan up 0.19%. Australian shares added 0.65% and Japan’s Nikkei rose 0.36%...
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