Asian stocks follow Wall Street higher after tech gains

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher following gains for U.S. technology stocks. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. Wall Street turned in its sixth gain in seven days as Apple, Amazon and Microsoft rose. U.S. stocks have recovered most of this year’s losses, helping to push up global prices, despite rising numbers of coronavirus infections that threaten to derail economic improvement. Investors are buying technology and other  companie