Record Dow Day Boosts Battered Markets

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares on Thursday rode a dramatic surge on Wall Street as markets, battered by a recent drum roll of deepening political and economic gloom, cheered upbeat U.S. data and the Trump administration’s effort to shore up investor confidence. Pedestrians talk in front of an electronic board showing Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan December 27, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon In a buying frenzy as spectacular as the recent rout, U.S.