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Asia trades mostly higher mirroring Wall Street

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Christian Baha / RR

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EPA-EFE/JEROME FAVRE

Asian-Pacific markets showed largely positive movement on Thursday, with stocks generally following the upward trend seen on Wall Street yesterday. Concurrently, the US intensifies investigations into pharmaceutical and semiconductor imports while President Donald Trump considers additional tariff waivers.

South Korea's Kospi rose 1.02% at 7:08 am CET, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng jumped by 0.34% and Japan's Nikkei 225 added 0.96%. In mainland China, the Shanghai Composite was flat and the Shenzhen Composite lost 0.43% at 6:56 am CET. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 closed 0.25% higher.

The dollar traded flat against the yen at 7:12 am CET, selling for 143.09450.

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