Asian stock markets are mostly higher on Thursday following the record closing highs overnight on Wall Street after Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. Investors are optimistic that the new Biden administration's potential spending increase will spur growth in the world's largest economy.
The Australian market is rising for a third straight day after U.S. stocks closed at record highs overnight and as data showed that Australia's unemployment rate fell in December.
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