Asian shares buoyed by coronavirus vaccine hopes
- Date: 14-Sep-2020
- Source: Gulf Today
- Sector:Financial Markets
- Country:Gulf
Asian shares buoyed by coronavirus vaccine hopes
Asian shares buoyed by coronavirus vaccine hopes
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Asian shares firmed on Monday on renewed hopes for a coronavirus vaccine after AstraZeneca resumed its phase-3 trial though sentiment was still cautious ahead of a big week of central bank meetings in UK, Japan and the United States.
Most major markets across Asia were in the green with MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rising 0.9% for its second straight session of gains.
Australian shares climbed 0.6% while Japan's Nikkei added 0.7%. Chinese shares started firm but pared some of the early gains with the blue-chip index last up 0.1%.
Friday marked six months since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus a pandemic on March 11.
Since then, major global economies have slipped into recession and