Asian stocks opened higher on Thursday extending gains on Wall Street, where investors were reassured by the Bank of England’s intervention that helped push bond yields lower. MSCI’s index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was trading 1.30 per cent higher.
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is scheduled to hold a press conference at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) on Monday, has threatened to impose