Asian stocks reach two-month high on economic recovery hopes

TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian shares rose to a two-month high on Thursday as expectations of further government stimulus supported investor confidence in an economic recovery from the global coronavirus pandemic.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.43%, earlier touching the highest since March 9.Shares in Australia rose 0.93% after the country's prime minister unveiled a fourth stimulus package to repair the economy, this time aimed at the battered construction..