* Asian stock markets : https://tmsnrt.rs/2zpUAr4
* Shares bounce, Japan's Nikkei end 0.8% higher
* Awaiting Trump speech in New York for news on trade
* Reports Trump to delay auto tariffs on EU for 6 months
* Sterling holds gains after Boris gets a Brexit boost
By Wayne Cole and Swati Pandey
SYDNEY, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Asian share markets edged higher on Tuesday and Europe looked set to follow as investors awaited a speech by President Donald Trump on U.S. trade policy and on news he will likely delay a decision on whether to slap tariffs on European autos.
EU officials said Trump was expected to announce this week that he was delaying the tariff decision on cars and auto parts imported from the European Union likely for another six months. news boosted expectations about Trump's speech later in the day about his administration's long-running trade war with China. broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS climbed 0.5%, following a sharp 1.2% pullback on Monday.
Japan's Nikkei .N225 , which dithered either side of flat most of the day, ended 0.8% higher. But Shanghai blue chips .CSI300 eased 0.2% after bank lending growth undershot analysts' estimates, while Australian shares were down, too. futures for the S&P 500 ESc1 rose 0.2%, while EUROSTOXX 50 futures STXEc1 gained 0.4%.
A positive speech on U.S.-China trade would likely satisfy market participants even without specific details of the "Phase 1" agreement under negotiation, said Jim Paulsen, chief investment officer at The Leuthold Group in Minneapolis.
"It still feels like we're pretty close to having something done," Paulsen said on Monday. "Even if it's meaningless, it will be meaningful."
Trump wrongfooted markets over the weekend when he said there had been incorrect reporting about U.S. willingness to lift tariffs on China. also were anxious about the situation in Hong Kong after a violent escalation of protests knocked nearly 2% off Asia-exposed banks HSBC HSBA.L and StanChart STAN.L .
Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday said protesters who are trying to "paralyse" the city were extremely selfish and hoped all universities and schools would urge students not to participate in violence.
Lam was speaking a day after police shot a protester and a man was set on fire in some of the most dramatic scenes to grip the city during the more than five months of civil unrest. GETS BREXIT BOOST
A partial holiday in the United States had closed the Treasury market on Monday and made for a quiet session on Wall Street. The Dow .DJI ended up 0.04%, while the S&P 500 .SPX lost 0.20% and the Nasdaq .IXIC 0.13%.
Treasuries were in demand when trading resumed in Asia, with yields on 10-year notes US10YT=RR dropping to 1.9070% and away from last week's three-month top of 1.97%. They were last at 1.9539.
In currency markets, the main action was in sterling which hit a six-month high on the euro on Monday after the Brexit Party said it would not contest previously Conservative held seats in the UK election. a boost for Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of the Dec. 12 election, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage said he did not want anti-Brexit parties to win, so was standing down candidates in seats won by the Conservatives in 2017.
The pound reached 0.8582 per euro EURGBP= , and firmed to $1.2856 GBP= having risen 0.6% overnight.
Against a basket of currencies, the dollar steadied at 98.224 .DXY . The euro edged up to $1.1038 EUR= and away from a three-week low of $1.1015, while the dollar faded to 109.26 yen JPY= .
Spot gold suffered a third day of declines, to touch its lowest since early August at $1,447.89 per ounce XAU= . It was last trading at $1,450.44.
U.S. crude CLc1 gained 28 cents to $57.14 a barrel, while Brent crude LCOc1 futures added 35 cents to $62.53.
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