Asian shares advance and oil prices fall as Israel and Hamas agree to pause fighting 40 mins ago Asian shares are mostly higher after US stocks hit records again following a brief stumble. Markets in mainland China gained more than 1% as they reopened following a weeklong holiday. Gold shed some of its recent stellar gains. Oil prices declined after Israel and Hamas agreed to pause their fighting. On Wednesday, Wall Street’s pause from its record-breaking rally didn’t last long. The S&P 500 climbed 0.6% a day after snapping a seven-day winning streak, setting another all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended flat, while the Nasdaq composite rose 1.1% to its own record. Stocks benefiting from the artificial-intelligence boom continued to pull the market higher following a nearly

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