TOKYO – Asian shares are mostly higher, with Tokyo stocks gaining on expectations that a pandemic state of emergency will be lifted for all of Japan.
But shares fell in Hong Kong on Monday after police used tear gas to quell weekend protests over a proposed national security bill for the former British colony.
U.S. markets will be closed for Memorial Day. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 1.7% to finish at 20,741.65. South Korea’s Kospi gained 1.2% to 1,994.60.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 jumped 2.2% to 5,615.60. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng slipped 0.2% to 22,895.55. The Shanghai Composite picked up 0.2% to 2,817.97.