US stocks rallied on strong volume on Tuesday, capping off the S&P 500's best two-day run in a month, on confidence that a deal would be struck in Washington to avoid painful spending cuts and

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Taiwan stocks ended up 0.4 percent ahead of the central bank's rate-decision meeting on Wednesday, led by gains in with banks and builders. The main TAIEX index rose 33.73 points to 7,677.47, while banks and

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US Treasury yields rose to their highest since October on Tuesday as US President Barack Obama and Republican lawmakers edged closer to a deal to avert a fiscal crisis in early 2013. Negotiations to avoid

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US Treasury yields rose to their highest since October on Tuesday as US President Barack Obama and Republican lawmakers edged closer to a deal to avert a fiscal crisis in early 2013. Negotiations to avoid

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Indian shares rose for a second consecutive session on Wednesday, marking their highest close in almost two weeks, led by IT stocks such as Infosys after recent losses were seen as overdone and on hopes

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Banks led European shares higher on Wednesday as optimism on a deal to avoid tax hikes and spending cuts in the United States kept alive the end-of-year rally in equities. The FTSEurofirst 300 - which

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Philippine shares jumped 2.1 percent on Wednesday, their biggest one day rise in six months, after Moody's upgraded its outlook on the Philippine banking system while Thai stocks hit 17-year peak amid global appetite for

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Egypt's bourse extended gains on Wednesday, as Arab investors continued to buy into risk ahead of a second round of voting on the new constitution, while most Gulf markets also gained. Cairo's benchmark index rose

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Britain's blue-chip share index scaled fresh nine-month highs on Wednesday on growing expectations of a US budget deal, and nearing tough technical resistance levels en-route to the psychologically key 6,000 mark. Although the US political

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The Australian and New Zealand dollars lost some ground against the euro and US dollar on Wednesday, but held near multi-year peaks against the yen on expectations the Bank of Japan will ease policy aggressively

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