U.S. Shoppers Drive Asian Shares Higher, Unsexy Cement Hot Commodity in China
Asian markets rose Tuesday. In Hong Kong the Hang Seng Index advanced 0.5% to 23,431 and in China the Shanghai Composite Index inched up 0.1% to 2,927. Japan's Nikkei 225 Index rose 0.2% to end the day at 10,317.
