BEIJING – Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Friday on hopes Washington will provide more aid to the struggling U.S.
economy.Benchmarks in Shanghai, Hong Kong, South Korea and Sydney advanced. Tokyo was off 0.1%.Wall Street gained Thursday after President Donald Trump suggested he might be reversing his decision to halt talks on economic aid.
Separately, a report indicated the near-record pace of U.S. job losses might be slowing.Stock prices have been volatile since mid-September as investors swing between optimism about possible development of a coronavirus vaccine and unease that markets recovered too fast and shares are too expensive.“The on-and-off nature of the fiscal stimulus discussion in the U.S.