Investing.com-- Asian stocks rose on Friday amid cooling fears that a U.S. recession was imminent, while mildly positive inflation data from China also helped spruce up sentiment.
Asian stocks took a positive lead-in from Wall Street, as better-than-expected jobless claims data fueled hopes that the U.S. labor market was not in as dire straits as initially feared.indexes rose 0.3% each, relatively less than most of their Asian peers. Both indexes were down about 0.8% this week, a third straight week of losses.
The two were still set to lose about 1.5% this week, but had also recouped a bulk of losses made earlier in the week. Bargain hunting in heavyweight tech stocks also aided Japanese indexes, as did positive earnings from majors including Tokyo Electron. The stock rose 1.7% after clocking stronger-than-expected earnings in the June quarter, as it flagged increased demand from the artificial intelligence sector.Scan QR code to install app
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