Asian stock markets are trading mostly higher on Wednesday, following the broadly positive cues from global markets overnight, amid easing concerns about turmoil in the financial sector following recent coordinated steps taken by governments and the central banks to rescue distressed banks in the U.S. and Europe. Asian markets closed mostly higher on Tuesday.
Positive sentiment was also generated in reaction to remarks by US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who said the government is prepared to once again take action to protect bank depositors if smaller lenders are threatened.
Subscribe to continue reading the article.
This article is part of our premium content offering.Subscribe with a RTTNews subscription.
Subscribe NowAlready subscribed? Sign in
For comments and feedback: editorial@rttnews.com