Asia shares mostly rise moderately after US national holiday

Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday in the absence of big market-moving news following a national holiday in the U.S. The Bank of Japan wrapped up a two-day policy meeting with no major changes. Benchmarks in Japan, China and Australia rose in early trading, but shares fell in South Korea. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.9% to 28,593.40, while Australia’S S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.1% to 7,424.60. U.K. markets were closed Monday for Martin Luther King Day. In energy trading, benchmark US crude rose $1.12 to $84.94 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. . . .

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