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Asia-Pacific markets rose across the board as Wall Street came off a winning day on Monday. Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese stocks led gains in Asia, extending their Monday gains.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index climbed almost 2%, while on mainland China, the CSI 300 advanced 1.45%. Notably, the Shenzhen Component was up 1.91%, powered by tech stocks.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 climbed 0.46% after leading gains in Asia on Monday, while the Topix was up 0.24%.
The country’s unemployment rate for July also came in higher than expected, at 2.7% compared with the 2.5% expected in a Reuters poll.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.46%, while South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.34% and the Kosdaq was 0.72% higher.
Overnight in the U.S., all three major indexes gained ground, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbing 0.62% and the S&P 500 cup 0.63% limbed 0.63%. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.84%.
Monday’s rally was broad: Ten of the 11 sectors in the S&P 500 were positive. The only outlier was the utilities sector, which ticked lower by 0.04%.
— CNBC’s Samantha Subin and Brian Evans contributed to this report