NEW YORK: Asian shares jumped on Tuesday, with Japanese stocks hitting a 29-year high, as hopes that a long-awaited U.S. pandemic relief package would be expanded and a Brexit trade deal supported investor risk appetites.
While it is not clear how the measure will fare in the Senate, President Donald Trump's signing on Sunday of a US$2.3 trillion pandemic bill, which included the US$600 payments, had sent shares on Wall Street to record highs overnight as it increased optimism about an economic recovery.
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