Asian stocks hit six-week high on trade war hopes ahead of ECB

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian stocks hit a six-week high on Thursday on hopes for a thaw in U.S.-China trade frictions and expectations that the European Central Bank would kick off another wave of monetary easing by global central banks.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.4% and Japan's Nikkei stock index rose 0.88%. Australian shares were up 0.56%.Chinese stocks rose and the yuan hit a three-week high after U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to delay an additional..