Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher, though China benchmarks falter

Asian markets forged higher Tuesday after another day of gains on Wall Street, although Hong Kong's benchmark faltered.Tokyo's Nikkei 225, reopening after a national holiday, jumped 1.6% to 38,835.10. Gains were led by semiconductor companies like Tokyo Electron, which closed 4.8% higher, and Advantest, which picked up 2.2%.

Taiwan's Taiex was up 0.6%, while India's Sensex gave up 0.7% as the country began the third phase of its weeks' long Traders are betting on a nearly 89% chance that the Fed will cut its main interest rate at least once before the end of the year, according to data from CME Group. That’s up from from an 81.6% probability seen a week earlier. Lower rates would help ease the pressure on the economy and financial system.

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