An investor monitoring stock prices at a brokerage in Beijing. Asian markets mostly rose on Monday (Jan 13) as investor attention turned from the Middle East to the global economic outlook and this week's planned signing of the China-US trade pact. - AP
HONG KONG: Asian markets mostly rose on Monday (Jan 13) as investor attention turned from the Middle East to the global economic outlook and this week's planned signing of the China-US trade pact.
While the optimism that characterised the end of 2019 is returning to trading floors, dealers were left a little disappointed by a below-par jobs report out of Washington, which also showed a slower pace of wage growth.
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