Asian shares surge as FBI deciding not to charge Clinton

Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Monday after FBI Director James Comey told lawmakers during the weekend that the bureau had found no evidence to warrant criminal charges against presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in a trove of newly-discovered emails. Wall Street’s proxy for Trump’s chances at winning, the Mexican peso rebounded sharply against the dollar.
KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 1.4 percent to 17,146.08 and South Korea’s Kospi jumped 0.7 percent