Asian stocks advance after Wall Street hits new record

A currency trader walks by the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), right, and the foreign exchange rate at the foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 12, 2021. Asian stock markets rose Monday after Wall Street hit a high despite jitters about the spread of the coronavirus's delta variant as investors looked ahead to U.S. earnings reports. - AP

BEIJING, July 12 (AP): Asian stock markets rose Monday after Wall Street hit a high despite jitters about the spread of the coronavirus's delta variant, as investors looked ahead to US earnings reports.

Market benchmarks in Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced.