RTTNews | Jan 20, 2021 04:45PM EST

04:45 Wednesday, January 20, 2021

|BEGINSUB|Asian Shares Advance On U.S. Stimulus Hopes|ENDSUB|Asian stocks ended mostly higher on Wednesday after U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen backed major fiscal stimulus to help workers and businesses battered by the coronavirus pandemic.Investors remained optimistic about additional stimulus and a faster rollout of coronavirus vaccines under incoming U.S. President Joe Biden, who will be sworn into office later today.

|BEGINSUB|European Markets Close Higher On Stimulus Hopes|ENDSUB|European markets closed higher on Wednesday amid hopes the Joe Biden-led administration will announce additional stimulus to spur growth in the world's largest economy.

|BEGINSUB|U.S. Stocks Jump To New Record Highs As Biden Sworn In As President|ENDSUB|After ending the previous session mostly higher, stocks showed a strong move to the upside during trading on Wednesday. With the continued advance, the major averages all ended the session at new record closing highs.

|BEGINSUB|Stock Alert: Sea Rises To New 52-week High |ENDSUB|Shares of Sea Limited , a Singapore-based e-commerce, gaming and digital financial services company, are adding more than 2 percent or $4.79 in Wednesdays morning trade at $236.43, after hitting a new 52-week high of $238.01 despite no company-centric news.

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