Asian shares climb after US stocks rise at the start of a holiday-shortened week

Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday after benchmarks on Wall Street rose at the start of what’s expected to be a relatively calm holiday week. U.S. futures were nearly unchanged. Touching new records, the price of gold rose 1.1% early Tuesday to 4,519.50, adding to its consistent gains throughout the year, while silver rose 1.5%. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 was flat at 50,412,87 and the dollar fell against the Japanese yen after officials in Tokyo warned they would intervene if the yen weakened sharply. ...