Asian shares kicked off the new decade higher on Thursday, after global stocks e...
SHANGHAI - Asian shares kicked off the new decade higher on Thursday, after global stocks ended the previous one at record highs, and buoyed by Chinese markets after Beijing eased monetary policy to support slowing growth.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was up 0.35% in morning trade after rising 5.6% in December. MSCI’s all-country world index .MIWD00000PUS of stock performance in 49 nations touched an all-time high of 567.80 on Dec. 27. It was last quoted at 565.46, off 0.41% from that peak., one of the world's best-performing indexes last year, was 1.34% higher in early trade.
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