Asian shares rise on optimism about US-China trade deal
(World News USA)

TOKYO (AP) - Asian shares were rising Thursday amid renewed hopes a U.S. trade deal with China may be nearing, despite tough recent talk from President Donald Trump. Japan´s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 0.7% to 23,300.03 in early trading, while Australia´s S&P/ASX 200 added nearly 1.0% to 6,671.90. South Korea´s Kospi inched up nearly 0.1% to 2,070.44. Hong Kong´s Hang Seng was up 0.6% at 26,228.38, while the...