Stocks Push Higher as Tensions Ease; Yuan Advances: Markets Wrap
A man, right, looks at an electronic board displaying the closing price of the Nikkei 225 Stock Average, top center, alongside other major share indices outside a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan. (Photographer: Yuriko Nakao/Bloomberg)

Stocks Push Higher as Tensions Ease; Yuan Advances: Markets Wrap

(Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks edged higher Thursday as investors mulled China’s daily currency fixing and a recovery in U.S. equities overnight. Treasuries pared gains and the yuan climbed.