미중 고위급 협상, 브렉시트 연기 소식에 아시아 증시 일제 상승...코스피 1개월 여만에 2천선 돌파<br /><br />Asian stock markets closed higher today after the U.S. and China agreed to resume trade talks.<br />Investor sentiment was also boosted by the British parliament's passage of a bill to stop a no-deal Brexit.<br />Here's Yoon Jung-min with a breakdown of the digits.<br />The U.S. and China are set to resume trade talks early October in Washington D.C.,... following new tariffs that the two countries have imposed on one another.<br />The Chinese Ministry of Commerce said Thursday... that negotiators from the U.S. and China held phone talks and agreed to hold another round of face-to-face negotiations next month.<br />China's top negotiator Liu He will meet his American counterpart Steven Mnuchin,... and working-level talks will also be held in mid-September prior to that meeting,... the Chinese ministry said.<br />In the meantime, the Brexit deadline was pushed to January 31st next year as the British Parliament approved on Wednesday... a bill that would require legislative approval for a no-deal Brexit.<br />Worries over the UK's messy divorce from the European Union has also been fueling global uncertainties... along with the trade conflict between Washington and Beijing.<br />Asian markets reacted positively to the news on Thursday.<br />Japan's Nikkei and Topix indices saw around 2 percent increases.<br />China's Shanghai Composite was up around 1 percent, breaking the 3-thousand mark at its intraday peak.<br />South Korea's benchmark KOSPI was up around zero-point-8 percent and topped the 2-thousand mark for the first time since early-August,... driven by demand from foreign investors.<br />The tech-heavy KOSDAQ was also up around zero-point-6 percent.<br />Yoon Jung-min, Arirang News.<br />
