HONG KONG - Asian stocks pushed cautiously further into record territory on Tuesday after US benchmarks rose to all-time highs on news of another promising coronavirus vaccine.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained 0.1 per cent on Tuesday morning, a day after hitting its highest level since launching in 1987. Hong Kong benchmark rose 0.1 per cent and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.2 per cent, after Monday's trading had been severely curtailed by a software glitchSingapore's Straits Times Index was up 1 per cent at 10.41am local time.