Asian stock markets end mixed as hopes of continued policy support from Federal Reserve to US economy lifts sentiment

Asian stock markets ended mixed, today, as hopes of continued policy support from the Federal Reserve to the US economy lifted sentiment. Japan's Nikkei-225 index rose 1 per cent; South Korea's Kospi index added 0.7 per cent; while Singapore's Straits Times index ended flat. But China's Shanghai Composite index fell 0.3 per cent on profit booking and Hong Kong's Hang Seng shed 0.2 per cent.   In Europe, key indices, London's FTSE-100 and Germ...