Asian shares up, extending Wall St gains as US wages slow


BANGKOK — Following a rally on Wall Street, shares have increased in Asia as investors bet that sluggish wage growth in the US may portend a slowing of the inflation that prompted the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.

Benchmarks in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and South Korea were raised by gains in technology shares.

As a result of a holiday, Japan's markets were closed.

According to a senior central bank official quoted by a Chinese financial news outlet, China's more than two-year crackdown on internet companies is almost complete.


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