Topic: Asian shares set to edge up, after Wall Street tech rally

Asian shares set to edge up, after Wall Street tech rally

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Asian stocks were set to edge higher early on แจก สูตรโกงสล็อต เทคนิคพารวย after big tech rallied on Wall Street
and as President Joe Biden announced a multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure investment plan.

The dollar, meanwhile, hit a one-year high against the yen and multi-month peaks with other currencies as
investors bet U.S. fiscal stimulus and aggressive vaccinations will help the United States lead a global pandemic
recovery.

Tech stocks were likely to push Australian shares higher at least initially on Thursday in Asia, but optimism
could be cooled by concerns about inflation and interest rates.

Australian S&P/ASX 200 futures rose 0.28per cent in early trading, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index futures
rose 0.81per cent.

Japan's Nikkei 225 futures fell 0.10per cent.

Big tech surged on Wall Street as Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp, Amazon.com Inc, Tesla Inc and Facebook Inc rose.
The Nasdaq Composite gained 201.48 points, or 1.54per cent, to 13,246.87.

The S&P 500 gained 14.34 points, or 0.36per cent, to 3,972.89 to a fresh peak.

But the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 85.41 points, or 0.26per cent, to 32,981.55.

Biden's US$2 trillion plan to create more affordable housing, rebuild roads, bridges and railways and provide
incentives for electric vehicles, unveiled on Wednesday, faces a tough slog in the U.S. Congress,
where Democrats hold a slim majority.

The size of this further stimulus is probably already baked into prices, said Mark Hampton, investment adviser
at Hamilton Hindin Greene in Wellington.

Economic strengthening is "a bit of good news being bad news... making people wonder how long we're going
to live in this low-interest-rate, low-inflationary environment," he said.