Welcome to Mint live blog. Track this space for the latest stock market updates. Asian stocks headed for their first back-to-back gain in two weeks on continuing optimism that the deadly coronavirus pandemic may be waning in some key epicenters.
Singapore's SGX Nifty rose 4.7%. Japan's Nikkei was up 1.3% while Topix climbed 1.2%. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index was flat at 5,282.70 points.
Kospi index gained 0.74%%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rose 0.6%. Shanghai Composite Index was up 1.6%. US stocks rocketed higher on Monday, with each of the major indices rallying at least 7%, after a fall in the daily death toll in New York, the country's biggest coronavirus hot spot, fueled optimism a leveling off of the pandemic was on the horizon.