Asia shares up ahead of euro summit | Bangkok Post: breakingnews

Asian shares mostly rose Wednesday, with most reversing earlier losses as markets waited for news of whether a concrete plan to tackle the eurozone's debt crisis will emerge at an EU summit later.

File photo shows pedestrians walking past an electronic board showing share prices in Tokyo on September 16, 2011. Asian shares mostly rose Wednesday, with most reversing earlier losses as markets waited for news of whether a concrete plan to tackle the eurozone's debt crisis will emerge at an EU summit later.

Sydney added 0.35 percent, or 14.6 points, to end at 4,242.5 and Seoul ended 0.30 percent higher, or 5.66 points, at 1,894.31 and Shanghai jumped 1.40 percent in late trade.