March Deadline: Percent and Deal I

march deadline: The Shenzhen Component Index gained 2.01 percent to 8,171.21 points, according to Global Times China. Boosted by optimism that a trade deal may be in the making, Asian stocks edged up across the board to reach a more than four-month high on Wednesday, Reuters reported. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.84 percent to close at 2,721.07 points. Japan's Nikkei average climbed 1.3 percent, to mark an eight-week high, while South Korea's KOSPI also gained 0.5 percent. If we're close to a deal I could see myself letting that slide for a little while, Trump said at a cabinet session, according to the Wall Street Journal. US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he could extend the March 1 deadline for increasing US tariffs to 25 percent for 200 billion of Chinese imports, for reaching a trade deal with China, but only if the two sides were close to a complete deal. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.