Asian Shares Advance On Dovish Fed Comments CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stocks ended broadly higher on Tuesday, as dovish comments from a series of Fed officials helped quell concerns about inflation and fears of monetary tightening. Investors now keenly await inflation data due in the United States later this week for more clues about when the central bank might start tapering its bond purchases. Chinese shares surged to their highest level since March as Beijing's efforts to talk down commodity prices helped ease investor concerns about inflation. The benchmark Shanghai Composite index rallied 84.06 points, or 2.40 percent, to 3,581.34 while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index ended up 498.60 points, or 1.75 percent, at 28,910.86.