TOKYO: Asian shares edged higher on Tuesday as hopes for political stability in Italy and expectations for global central banks to continue their growth-supporting monetary stimulus bolstered investor risk appetite.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS inched up 0.3 percent, with Australian shares .AXJO rising 0.4 percent and South Korean shares .KS11 opening 0.3 percent higher. Japan's Nikkei stock average .N225 opened down 0.2 percent, with Japanese markets resuming trading after a holiday on Monday. .T
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