Sydney/New York — Asian stocks tracked Wall Street higher on Thursday, though sentiment was cautious ahead of US employment data while copper prices jumped to more than six-month highs on a better global outlook and supply fears in top producer Chile.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.9%, with all major indexes trading higher on hopes of a vaccine for Covid-19, which has killed more than half a million people globally and shut down the world economy...
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