Asian shares push higher, dollar eases
Reuters/Sydney
Filed on May 18, 2021
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 1.06 per cent after a mixed session on Monday.
Asian shares rose on Tuesday, shrugging off worries about an increase in regional coronavirus infections and a subdued session on Wall Street, while inflation jitters helped push gold prices to three-month highs.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 1.06 per cent after a mixed session on Monday, still not recouping losses of the last few weeks amid new clusters of Covid-19 cases that are prompting some economies to impose fresh anti-virus measures.