Asian shares gain, with South Korea’s Kospi up 6%, after the US Treasury expands its debt buybacks

Asian shares gain, with South Korea’s Kospi up 6%, after the US Treasury expands its debt buybacks

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares advanced Thursday, tracking Wall Street gains, and South Korea’s benchmark Kospi jumped more than 6%. U.S. futures edged higher after the U.S. Treasury Department said it would at least double the size of planned purchases of longer-term government debt. That could ea...

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