Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday despite a sell-off of shares in technology companies on Wall Street.
Japanese markets were closed for a national holiday. South Korea s Kospi slipped 0.4% in morning trading to 3,066.60. Australia s S P/ASX 200 gained 0.6% to 6,821.70. Hong Kong s Hang Seng jumped 1.2% to 30,681.83, while the Shanghai Composite rose 0.3% to 3,653.62.
Thankfully, for society at large, there is more optimism than fear today, with vaccines showing scientific results on the ground that validate efficacy and effectiveness over transmission, leading the world back to normality starting soon, said Stephen Innes, chief global markets strategist at Axi.
Although the world s economies have been battered by the coronavirus pandemic, the deployment of COVID-19 vaccines is raising hopes for a recovery from the pandemic.
On Wall Street, the S P 500 fell 0.8% to 3,876.50, extending its losses to a fifth straight day. The benchmark index was just about evenly split ...
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Asian shares mostly higher amid coronavirus vaccine optimism
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