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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Asian shares jump after US stocks rebound as oil prices stop spiking

Financial Markets Wall Street - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Shares opened sharply higher in Asia on Thursday after a rebound on Wall Street, as South Korea’s Kospi took back the 12% it had shed a day earlier.

In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 jumped 4.4%.

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