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Global shares mostly higher on hopes for US stimulus

by AP Business Writer
| October 8, 2020 3:03 AM

TOKYO (AP) — Global stock markets were mostly higher on Thursday on optimism that U.S. stimulus may be coming after all, as President Donald Trump appeared to reverse his earlier decision to halt talks on another economic rescue effort.

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