Japan’s Nikkei ends at over 2-week high on Wall Street’s strength
"Today's gain was led by easing concerns about the pace of rate hikes in the U.S. market expectations have come closer to what the Federal Reserve is looking at," said Shuji Hosoi, senior strategist at Daiwa Securities, indicating that the market sees an almost 90% chance the Fed will hike interest rates by 75 basis points.