HONG KONG (AFP): Asian markets mostly rose Monday (Sept 6) after a big miss on US jobs creation last month fuelled optimism that the Federal Reserve will hold fire on tapering its massive financial support programme, while Tokyo extended last week's rally on hopes for more economic stimulus.
Closely watched data on Friday showed about a third of the expected number of new jobs were added to the world's top economy in August, largely because of the spread of the Delta variant of Covid-19, which has sent infection rates around the world spiking in recent weeks.
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