Asia-Pacific markets climbed Wednesday, after all three key benchmarks on Wall Street advanced overnight on optimism that U.S.-China trade tensions could ease.
This comes after U.S. President Donald Trump indicated that final tariffs on Chinese exports to the U.S. "won't be anywhere near as high as 145%." However, he added that the duties "won't be 0%."
Trump also said he has "no intention" to fire Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell before his term ends, alleviating investors' concerns over the central bank's independence.
Hong Kong stocks led gains in the region, with the Hang Seng Index gaining 1.85% in early trade while the Hang Seng Tech Index surged 2.34%.
Meanwhile, Mainland China's CSI 300 moved up 0.28%.
Over in Japan, the benchmark Nikkei 225 added 1.55%, while the broader Topix index advanced 1.73%.
In South Korea, the Kospi index increased 1.06% while the small-cap Kosdaq was up 0.86%.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 1.55%.
U.S. futures jumped after Trump's comments on not planning to remove Powell from his post as central bank chair.
Overnight stateside, stocks rebounded from steep declines in the previous session, as investors cheered the possibility of easing U.S.-China trade tensions.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1,016.57 points, or 2.66%, to close at 39,186.98. The S&P 500 gained 2.51% and settled at 5,287.76, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 2.71% to end at 16,300.42.
Source; CNBC
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