Asian shares rise, tracking Wall Street gains

Asian shares have mostly advanced, tracking Wall Street, after US President Donald Trump walked back from imposing tariffs on eight European countries over Greenland and ruled out using military force to take control of the territory.The future for the S&P 500 gained less than 0.1 per cent and that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was virtually flat on Thursday.Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 climbed 1.7 per cent to 53,688.89, with technology stocks leading gains. SoftBank Group jumped 11.6 per cent and equipment ma ...