GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks Rise as Tariff Reprieve Lifts Sentiment

GLOBAL MARKET - SINGAPORE. Asian stocks rose on Thursday as investors held out hope that trade tensions could ease after U.S. President Donald Trump exempted automakers from tariffs for a month, while the euro stood tall ahead of the European Central Bank policy meeting.

Japanese government bonds fell sharply in Asian hours after German long-dated bonds were swept up in their biggest sell-off in years as the parties in talks to form Germany's new government agreed to try to loosen fiscal rules.