By Reuters | TOKYO |
Topics Asian stocks | Global stock markets | US economy
By Hideyuki Sano
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares scaled a record high on Friday on the growing prospect of a large U.S. economic package, while hopes that vaccine rollouts will boost the global economy underpinned investor sentiment.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.
6%, surpassing its Nov. 25 peak, while Japan's Nikkei dipped 0.4% on profit-taking. In New York, the S&P 500 fell 0.06% on Thursday, erasing earlier gains after the Wall Street Journal reported that Pfizer had slashed the target.....
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