Asian shares ride Fed easing hopes to record highs
Cătălin Roșioru
SYDNEY : Asian share markets followed Wall Street higher on Friday as expectations for rapid-fire U.S. rate cuts promised to lower borrowing costs globally, a relief to stressed bond markets and a drag on the dollar. The joy spread to European shares with the EUROSTOXX 50 futures, FTSE futures and DAX futures all up 0.2 per cent. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures were flat, having hit new peaks overnight. Indexes in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan were all at or near record peaks, while Chinese
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