Asian shares were trading mostly higher Thursday, after a Wall Street rally that followed profit reports from major companies. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained nearly 0.2% in

World shares were mostly lower on Monday after U.S. stocks edged back from their all-time high, with many Asian markets closed for holidays. In early European trading,

Asian shares climbed on Tuesday even as U.S. tariffs on China came into effect and China imposed retaliatory measures on the United States, including tariffs on coal and liquefied natural gas as well as an antitrust probe into Google.