TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares rose Tuesday, tracking the rally on Wall Street, as oil prices pushed higher amid hopes of an upcoming production-cut deal from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index was almost unchanged at 18,117.17 after dipping briefly following a powerful earthquake in northern Japan that triggered small tsunami but caused minor damage and injuries.
[...] slowly attention is shifting onto other matters, including next month's widely anticipated interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve.
Expectations are growing that oil ministers will agree at a production cut at a meeting of the OPEC oil cartel on Nov. 30 in Vienna, Austria.
