
Asian stocks today: Indices mostly in green following Wall Street’s rally; HSI up 0.6%, Nikkei slips 80 points
Asian markets traded mostly higher on Friday, tracking Wall Street’s surge to fresh record highs after upbeat economic indicators and a mixed bag of quarterly earnings from major US companies.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index advanced 0.58% to 24,640, and the Shanghai Composite edged up 0.17% to 3,522.74. Taiwan’s benchmark index soared 1.09% lifted by TSMC’s…