{"id":112123,"date":"2017-08-15T04:49:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T08:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=112123"},"modified":"2017-08-15T04:49:24","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T08:49:24","slug":"asian-stocks-rise-after-koreas-us-make-diplomatic-overtures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/15\/asian-stocks-rise-after-koreas-us-make-diplomatic-overtures\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian stocks rise after Koreas, US make diplomatic overtures"},"content":{"rendered":"
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North Korea said Tuesday leader Kim Jong Un was briefed on his military’s plans to launch missiles into waters near Guam. But the comments also appeared to signal a path to defuse the deepening crisis with Washington, holding out the possibility that friction could ease if the U.S. (Photo by energepic.com,pixels, CC0)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TOKYO\u2014 Asian shares rose Tuesday as both Koreas and the U.S. appeared to indicate a willingness to defuse the crisis over Pyongyang’s nuclear program. A rally on Wall Street fueled by gains in technology shares also helped.<\/p>\n

KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 1.1 per cent to 19,753.31. Australia’s S&P\/ASX 200 added 0.5 per cent to 5,757.50. South Korea’s markets were closed for a national holiday. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng added 0.3 per cent to 27,339.48, while the Shanghai Composite was climbed 0.3 per cent to 3,245.66. Shares in\u00a0Southeast Asia\u00a0were mostly higher.<\/p>\n

NORTH KOREA: North Korea said Tuesday leader Kim Jong Un was briefed on his military’s plans to launch missiles into waters near Guam. But the comments also appeared to signal a path to defuse the deepening crisis with Washington, holding out the possibility that friction could ease if the U.S. made some gesture that Pyongyang considered a move to back away from previous “extremely dangerous reckless actions.”<\/p>\n

WALL STREET: The S&P 500 jumped 1 per cent to 2,465.84 and the Dow Jones industrial average advanced 0.6 per cent to 21,993.71. The Nasdaq composite added 1.3 per cent to 6,340.23.<\/p>\n

THE QUOTE: “Investors have once again stepped in, in search of returns, as the tensions surrounding North Korea seemingly dissipated. While the clearance of event risk remains a debate, it certainly does clear the air for other key event to shape market in the latter half of the week,” Jingyi Pan of IG said in a commentary.<\/p>\n

ENERGY: U.S. crude oil added 2 cents to $47.61 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It lost $1.23 to $47.59 a barrel in New York Monday. Brent crude, the international standard, rose 4 cents to $50.77 a barrel in London.<\/p>\n

CURRENCIES: The dollar rose to 110.35 yen from 109.57 yen late Monday in Asia. The euro fell to $1.1743 from $1.1816.<\/p>\n

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