Bloomberg Emerging-market stocks were off to strong start in 2026, climbing to the highest in almost five years as optimism about Asia’s growing role in artificial intelligence propelled the region’s technology shares. The MSCI Inc. index of developing nations rose 1.7% on the first session of the year, the best one-day advance since October, to close at the highest since since February 2021. In the meantime, its emerging currency counterpart was flat on Friday. Most Read from Bloomberg The stocks ral ...