Asian financial markets mixed amid vaccine, stimulus optimism

Pedestrians walk along an elevated walkway as an electronic ticker displays stock figures in Pudong's Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai. Asian stock markets were mixed Monday (March 29, 2020) after Wall Street hit a new high amid optimism about government stimulus and the rollout of coronavirus vaccines. - AP

BEIJING, March 29 (AP): Asian stock markets were mixed Monday after Wall Street hit a new high amid optimism about government stimulus and the rollout of coronavirus vaccines.

Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul advanced.