Asian Shares Mixes After US Rally, Positive Data
Japan’s benchmark
South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.5% to 2,361.43. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng slipped nearly 0.1% to 25,162.38, while the Shanghai Composite was little changed at 3,409.43.
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Investor sentiment was lifted by better-than-expected economic data overnight.
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Investors will be looking for more clues on the state of the economic recovery this week, including the monthly
The S&P 500 jumped 0.8% to 3,526.65. The index set several new highs last month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average recovered from early losses, climbing 0.8% to 28,645.66.
The Nasdaq composite rose 1.4%, to 11,939.67. The Russell 2000 index of smaller company stocks also bounced back from an sluggish start, adding 16.71 points, or 1.1%, to 1,578.58.
Encouraging data as broad swaths of the economy have reopened this summer have helped stoke investor optimism about a recovery.
Traders have been favoring technology stocks as the pandemic has dragged on, forcing millions of people to rely more than ever on internet-connected devices and online services for work, home schooling and communication.
Apple climbed 4% Tuesday. It’s up more than 82% this year.
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