Asian stocks rose ahead of Monday’s European emergency summit on Greece’s debt crisis.
The
MSCI Asia Pacific Index added 0.3 percent to 147.66 as of 9:06 a.m. in
Tokyo after sliding 0.7 percent last week. E-mini futures on the
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index jumped 0.4 percent ahead of the meeting,
which is seen as a last-ditch attempt for Greece and its creditors to
devise a bailout deal.
With
the clock running down on a June 30 deadline to make payments and work
out a new deal after months of fruitless negotiations, Greek Prime
Minister Alexis Tsipras will have to convince the country’s creditors
that he’s ready to compromise on election promises to avoid a default.
In phone calls Sunday, he briefed German Chancellor Angela Merkel,
French President Francois Hollande and European Union Commission
President Jean-Claude Juncker on Greece’s proposal to unlock bailout
funds, according to a separate statement from his office.
South
Korea’s Kospi index gained 0.8 percent, while Japan’s Topix index
climbed 0.5 percent. The Japanese gauge has fallen for three straight
weeks.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index slipped 0.1 percent. New Zealand’s NZX 50 Index was little changed.
Markets
in China are shut Monday for a holiday. The Shanghai Composite Index
tumbled 13 percent last week, its worst weekly selloff since 2008, amid
concern valuations have been pushed to unsustainable levels.
Source: Bloomberg
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