By Ian Chua SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian stocks rose on Tuesday with Tokyo's Nikkei extending gains after encouraging manufacturing data in Europe and the United States helped cheer a market fretting about a slowing Chinese economy. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.5 percent in early trade, reversing Monday's 0.3 percent fall. Australian shares climbed 1.8 percent, while South Korean stocks edged up 0.1 percent. Japan's Nikkei was up 0.9 percent at its highest since late May, adding to Monday's 1.3 percent gain. ...
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