May
20
Asian Stocks Rise After Fed Minutes as Investors Await China PMI
ByAsian stocks advanced for the first time in three days as investors weighed the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s last meeting and awaited China manufacturing data.
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 0.1 percent to 153.02 as of 9:02 a.m. in Tokyo. The Fed minutes reinforced the view that interest rates will probably be boosted in the second half of this year. China factory activity may show improvement this month, preliminary estimates from HSBC Holdings Plc and Markit Economics due today are expected to show, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg…
Asian Stocks Rise After Fed Minutes as Investors Await China PMI