Equity markets extend rally on lockdown easing, stimulus

A woman is walking past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Friday (June 5). Equities rallied again on Friday on optimism over the easing of lockdown measures, massive stimulus and signs that the worst of the global economic downturn may be over. - AP

HONG KONG: Equities rallied again on Friday (June 5) on optimism over the easing of lockdown measures, massive stimulus and signs that the worst of the global economic downturn may be over.

While tensions between China and the US continue to play in the background, the general mood at the start of June remains upbeat, helping Hong Kong climb around eight per cent this week, while crude was on course for another positive week as demand picks up.