Asian stocks set to gain Wednesday as stimulus hopes support risk appetite


E-mini futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.3% and Japan's Nikkei 225 futures were 1.6% higher in Asia on Wednesday morning, while Australian S&P/ASX 200 futures rose 0.58% in early trading. That comes after stocks in the United States, Europe and emerging markets hit their highest levels on Tuesday since early March

NEW YORK: Asian stocks were poised to follow the global rally on Wednesday as hopes of more government stimulus bolstered riskier assets and overshadowed a host of other worries from the coronavirus to Hong Kong and growing U.S. civil unrest.

E-mini futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.3% and Japan's Nikkei 225 futures were 1.6% higher in Asia on Wednesday morning, while Australian S&P/ASX 200 futures rose 0.58% in early trading.

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