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Coal Miners Lift Australia
SINGAPORE — Asian share markets were mostly higher in thin trading Wednesday, with Australian coal stocks shining on corporate action and technology firms advancing across the region.
Australia’s ASX/S&P 200 was up 0.6%, South Korea’s Kospi Composite edged up 0.1% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index was flat, while the Shanghai Composite Index added 0.5% in choppy trade. New Zealand’s NZX-50 advanced 1%. Trading was thin, however, as the end of the year approached, and as Japan’s markets were closed for a holiday. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were flat in screen trade.
