Asian shares ended higher today amid positive global sentiments. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng jumped 1.7 percent, while Japan’s Nikkei-225 added 1.10 percent. Singapore’s Straits Times index gained one percent, China’s Shanghai composite added half a percent and South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.4 percent.
In intra-day trade, European stocks were trading with gains. London’s FTSE-100 rose half a percent. Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC-40, both were trading 0.2 percent up, when reports last came in.