Asian stock markets opened with strong gains, led by South Korea's KOSPI index, which surged nearly 2% after a five-day losing strea. teleSUR
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00:00The main stock exchanges in Asia opened Thursday with strong gains, with gains of around 9% in the case of Tokyo and Taipei.
00:07The rally in Asian markets comes after Trump announced a temporary pause in the new tariffs that came into force for dozens of his trading partners the day before, after most had agreed to negotiate.
00:18The Asian giant sparks also started the day in positive, and the benchmark indexes of the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges advanced by 1.29% and 2.29% respectively.
00:32The rise comes in spite of the fact that China raised tariffs on U.S. products to at least 84% the day before, a measure to which Trump responded with a total levy of 125% to Chinese goods.