SINGAPORE/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Asia shares rose on Thursday, helped by a jump in their Chinese counterparts on Beijing's latest measures to shore up its crumbling stock market, while elsewhere, investors continued to have their eyes on U.S. President Donald Trump's policy plans. China on Thursday announced a plan to guide hundreds of billions of yuan of new capital from state-owned...

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee After drowning for days in headlines about Donald Trump's return to the White House, investors were delivered a bit of a diversion on Thursday with the announcement of new Chinese measures to boost its ailing stock market. Beijing plans to channel hundreds of billions of yuan...

TOKYO, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Thursday as SoftBank Group and other technology stocks tracked their U.S. peers higher for a second straight session, while investors awaited the Bank of Japan's monetary policy decision due on Friday. The Nikkei had risen 0.5% to 39,830.11 by the midday break. Earlier in the session, it briefly touched...

SINGAPORE/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Asia shares rose on Thursday, helped by a jump in their Chinese counterparts on Beijing's latest measures to shore up its crumbling stock market, while elsewhere, investors continued to have their eyes on U.S. President Donald Trump's policy plans. China on Thursday announced a plan to guide hundreds of billions of yuan of new capital from state-owned...