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Global stocks advanced on Thursday, led by gains in oil and gas companies, after an incident involving oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman sent oil prices climbing.

Asian shares edged up on Tuesday lifted by gains in China and as auto firms climbed on merger news, but broad uncertainties over trade and economic growth kept a lid on gains. Asian Shares MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained 0.31%. U.S. S&P 500 e-mini futures rose 0.19% to 2,837.25. Chinese blue-chips rose 1.02%. […]

China gains on GDP rebound. Asian shares fell on Monday following a retreat on Wall Street, but benchmarks in Hong Kong and Shanghai rose after data showed the Chinese economy grew a solid 2.3% in 2020. Stocks S&P 500 futures slid 0.2% as of 6:57 a.m. in London. The index fell 0.7% on Friday. Japan’s […]

Asian shares edged up near record highs on Friday after US President-elect Joe Biden proposed a $1.9 trillion stimulus plan to jump-start the world’s largest economy and accelerate its response to coivd-19. Asian Shares MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.1% around midday in Asia, just off a record high. Hong […]

Asian shares were mostly higher on Thursday after a lackluster day on Wall Street, where major indexes spent the day drifting up and down near their record highs. Asian Shares Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index climbed 1.2% to 28,828.10. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong edged 0.2% higher to 28,295.90. South Korea’s Kospi was flat at […]

Asian shares opened mostly higher on Wednesday, tracking modest Wall Street gains as prospects of an eventual victory against coronavirus shored up recovery hopes, while tight supply expectations pushed oil prices to their highest in a year. Asian Shares Asia’s open, however, was mixed with Japan’s Nikkei 225 up 0.11per cent, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 down […]