Asian stock markets rose early Monday after China ended its two-year peg to the dollar over the weekend, though there was no immediate change in the yuan's exchange rate.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index gained 146.33 points, or 1.5 percent, to 10,141.35.
South Korea's Kospi rose 1.5 percent to 1,737.12, and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was up 1.4 percent at 4,616.20.
China's main share benchmark, the Shanghai Composite Index, added 0.8 percent to 2,534.08, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index climbed 2.1 percent to 20,702.33.
The Hang Seng was led by heavyweights such as China Life Insurance, which advanced 2.7 percent and Bank of …
No comments:
Post a Comment