Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose nearly 0.2% in afternoon trading to 36,282.25. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.4% to 8,021.10, while South Korea’s Kospi lost 0.3% to 2,529.02. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng added 0.4% to 17,270.12. The Shanghai Composite declined 0.2% to 2,729.86.
, let alone from the rest of the four-day losing streak that it broke. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.2% to 40,829.59, and the Nasdaq composite gained 1.2% to 16,884.60. In energy trading, benchmark U.S. crude fell 19 cents to $68.52 a barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, lost 15 cents to $71.69 a barrel.
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