HONG KONG (AP) -- Japan led Asian stocks higher Tuesday on hopes for new stimulus from its central bank while investors were also buoyed by the prospect that the Federal Reserve will wait until next year to raise interest rates. KEEPING SCORE: Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 1.1 percent to 18,198.50 and South Korea's Kospi added 0.5 percent to 1,988.60. Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.1 percent to 21,873.39. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.7 percent to 5,185.80. Benchmarks in Singapore, Taiwan, the Philip...
HONG KONG (AP) -- Japan led Asian stocks higher Tuesday on hopes for new stimulus from its central bank while investors were also buoyed by the prospect that the Federal Reserve will wait until next year to raise interest rates. KEEPING SCORE: Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 1.1 percent to 18,198.50 and South Korea's Kospi added 0.5 percent to 1,988.60. Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.1 percent to 21,873.39. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.7 percent to 5,185.80. Benchmarks in Singapore, Taiwan, the Philip...
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