SINGAPORE/HONG KONG, Aug 11 (AP): Shares advanced in Asia on Tuesday, extending another rally that took the S&P 500 to within striking distance of its all-time high set in February.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 added 1.9% and Hong Kong gained more than 2%, even as the tally of confirmed new coronavirus cases worldwide topped 20 million, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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