Asian Stocks Advance as Investors Weigh Progress in Greece Talks
ByAsian stocks rose, with the regional index on course for a third day of gains, as investors weighed negotiations between European leaders and Greece.
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index added 0.4 percent to 141.63 as of 9:10 a.m. in Tokyo after dropping 3.7 percent last week. E-mini futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index retreated 0.5 percent, while Japan’s Topix index added 1.1 percent as the yen pared earlier gains.
Euro-area leaders presented Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras with a laundry list of unfinished business from previous bailouts he’d pilloried in opposition and during six turbulent months in office…
Asian Stocks Advance as Investors Weigh Progress in Greece Talks