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Asian shares climb after S&P 500 tops 4,000 points
AP, BANGKOK
Asian shares rose in listless trading Friday after a broad rally pushed the S&P 500 past 4,000 points for the first time.
Many markets, including those in Australia, Hong Kong and India, were closed for Good Friday.
Markets in Taiwan were closed on Friday for the Tomb Sweeping Day long weekend.
Tokyo surged more than 1 percent, and Seoul and Shanghai also gained.
The TAIEX on Thursday rose 0.85 percent to 16,571.28 points, up 1.6 percent weekly. Various industries are getting a lift from US President Joe Biden’s massive infrastructural renewal initiative.
“As we enter Q2, optimism abounds as unquestionably spring is in the air with the macro focus squarely on the US and the Biden administration infrastructure plan,” AxiCorp Financial Services Pty chief global markets strategist Stephen Innes said in a report.