Asian shares mostly rose Wednesday after China and the U.S. said they had reached agreement on a framework for following up on the trade truce reached last month in Geneva. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 surged 0.

Asian stocks rose on Wednesday (Jun 11) as investors welcomed a China-United States agreement to lower trade tensions that stoked hopes the economic superpowers will eventually r

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.5% in early trade on Monday. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index surged 1.3%, touching the 24,000-point level for the first time since March 21. Japan's Nikkei stock index rose 0.9%.