The vaccine news helped the risk-friendly Australian dollar, which climbed to a one-week high against its US counterpart.
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Global stocks eyed a fresh record high on Monday as signs of economic recovery in Asia, recent strong corporate earnings, and hopes of a COVID-19 vaccine bolstered investor sentiment.
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Asian equities hit a record high on Monday as investors set aside fears about rising coronavirus cases and bought stocks, cheered by data showing a robust recovery in China and Japan. There are just mountains of cash sitting on the sidelines and big hedge funds know it.
U.S. stock markets are indicated to open higher on Friday at the end of a topsy-turvy week in which the initial euphoria on finding an effective vaccine against Covid-19 has buckled under the weight of the bleak short-term outlook.
Asian equity markets weakened on spill-over selling from Wall Street; Hong Kong lagged. Looking ahead, highlights from macroeconomic calendar include Eurozone Employment and GDP (Flash), US University of Michigan, Fed's Williams and Bullard speeches.
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Asian equity markets traded mostly lower as sentiment gradually deteriorated from the mixed performance stateside.