MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan tacked on 0.3%. Australian stocks added 0.4% and Japan's Nikkei brushed aside a stronger yen to rise 1.1%. Safe-haven US Treasuries were duly sold as risk aversion ebbed and the benchmark 10-year note yield rose to a four-week high on Wednesday. Unlike equities, the currency markets focused more on Trump's trade protectionism and the negative impact it could have on the dollar. US crude was up 0.5% at $53.02 a barrel after losing 0.8% the previous day.

Source: dna January 26, 2017 03:04 UTC