GLOBAL MARKETS - Asian stocks, oil higher as economies emerge from lockdown

GLOBAL MARKETS - Asian stocks, oil higher as economies emerge from lockdown

Asian stocks, oil higher as economies emerge from lockdown

By: Reuters | Hong Kong/new York | Updated: May 5, 2020 at 10:14 am

In reduced trade, with China, Japan and South Korea on holiday, Australia’s ASX 200 rose 1.26% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng climbed 0.66%. US stock futures rose 0.75%.