Asian stocks mostly higher and oil gains ahead of planned U.S.-Iran peace talks

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HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks were mostly up Friday tracking Wall Street gains while oil prices also rose on the fragile Iran war ceasefire and ahead of Iran-U.S. peace talks in Pakistan. South Korea’s Kospi jumped 1.8% to 5,879.71. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 was up 1.6% to 56,789.58. Shares of Fast Retailing, parent of Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo, surged more than 10% after the group raised profit expectations for the year. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained 0.7% to 25,919.12, while the Shanghai Compos