A person walks past the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), operated by Japan Exchange Group Inc. (JPX), in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020.
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Stocks within the Asia-Pacific rose in early trade Tuesday after Wall Street’s second straight positive session.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index and Chinese tech stocks within the U.S. dropped sharply to begin the week with investor sentiment turning following the conclusion of the China’s party congress and the discharge of a slew of delayed economic data.
The Nikkei 225 added 0.65% and the Topix climbed 0.79%. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.52%.
South Korea’s Kospi was just above the flatline, while the Kosdaq gained 0.44%. The MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan ticked up 0.14%.
Singapore is attributable to release inflation data on Tuesday, while HSBC is reporting earnings.
Overnight within the U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 417.06 points, or 1.3%, to shut at 31,499.62. The S&P 500 rose about 1.2% and closed at 3,797.34. The Nasdaq Composite added nearly 0.9% to finish at 10,952.61.