Asian Shares End Higher; China Data, Fed Optimism Lend Support - Wall Street Journal

By V. Phani Kumar in Hong Kong and Virginia Harrison in Sydney

HONG KONG (MarketWatch)--Asian stock markets posted a strong rebound Tuesday after a string of recent losses as data showed an improvement in Chinese manufacturing activity, while optimism the Federal Reserve may take steps to boost the U.S. economy lifted investor sentiment.

South Korea's Kospi and Taiwan's Taiex - the two regional indexes that rank among this month's biggest losers - posted the best gains, rising 3.9% and 3.3%, respectively.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index advanced 2.2%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 2.0%, China's Shanghai Composite added 1.5% and ...

By V. Phani Kumar in Hong Kong and Virginia Harrison in Sydney

HONG KONG (MarketWatch)--Asian stock markets posted a strong rebound Tuesday after a string of recent losses as data showed an improvement in Chinese manufacturing activity, while optimism the Federal Reserve may take steps to boost the U.S. economy lifted investor sentiment.

South Korea's Kospi and Taiwan's Taiex - the two regional indexes that rank among this month's biggest losers - posted the best gains, rising 3.9% and 3.3%, respectively.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index advanced 2.2%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 2.0%, China's Shanghai Composite added 1.5% and ...

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