Global Markets Gain as U.S. Infrastructure Bill Back on Track
Overnight U.S. equities gained sharply after President Biden signaled investment bill yet on track.
Asian market open on a positive note on Wednesday morning marching with the gains seen over U.S. indices overnight.
The KOSPI, TOPIX, CSI300, HSI are trading on a positive momentum up by 0.21%, 0.00%, 0.18% and 0.88% respectively.
Overnight the S&P500 and Nasdaq closed by 1.77% and 2.4% respectively, sharply retreating from three days losses amid concerns on domestic investment bill.
Sentiment in the market boosted after President Joe Biden said he still has a chance to strike a deal with Senator Joe Machin to get his roughly $2 trillion economic plan.
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