Asian stocks trade higher as investors applaud another promising Covid-19 vaccine development


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Except for Chinese stocks, Asian indexes are broadly trading in the green. November 17, 2020 10:05 Asian stock market edged higher during Tuesday's trading session, tracking the US benchmarks gains as investors applaud another promising Covid-19 vaccine development. Except for Chinese stocks, Asian indexes are broadly trading in the green. At around 09.52 am IST, Japan's Nikkei 225 surges 0.22% at 25,962.76, while Australia ASX All Ordinaries jumps 0.20% at 6,700.20. Hong Kong's Hang Seng inches up by 0.11% at 26,411.22 and South Korea's Kospi was above 0.21% at 2,548.40%. China's Shanghai SE Composite Index was trading in the red,...