Asia shares up, investors unfazed by Trump tariff moves

The Nikkei has fallen 0.56 per cent, while China’s CSI300 blue-chip index has risen 0.2 per cent. (AP PHOTO) The Nikkei has fallen 0.56 per cent, while China’s CSI300 blue-chip index has risen 0.2 per cent. (AP PHOTO) Credit: AAP Asian stocks rose slightly on Thursday, riding on optimism from Nvidia’s brief rise to a world-record $US4 trilllion ($A6.1 trillion) valuation and as investors largely shrugged off US President Donald Trump’s latest tariff salvos. US copper futures widened their premium to the London benchmark overnight after Trump announced plans to impose a 50 per cent tariff on copper. He later…