Shares fell in Asia on Monday, tracking losses on Wall Street as rising virus cases cause some US states to backtrack on pandemic reopens. Nikkei 225 NIK from Japan, -2.29% sank 1.8% and the Hong Kong Hang Seng HSI Index, -1.23% fell 1.2%. The SHCOMP composed of Shanghai, -0.60% fell …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Asian equity markets followed Wall Street higher on Friday after US regulators removed some limits on banks’ ability to make investments. The Nikkei 225 NIK, + 1.13% in Tokyo it increased by 0.9%, while Kospi 180721 in Seoul, + 1.05% gained 1%. Hang Seng HSI from Hong …
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Shares collapsed in Asia on Thursday after a strong overnight pullback on Wall Street as new cases of coronavirus in the US USA They rose to their highest level in two months, dampening investor hopes for relatively rapid economic change. Nikkei 225 NIK from Japan, -1.21% fell 1% while Kospi …
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Shares in the Asia Pacific fell Thursday afternoon, after the International Monetary Fund cut its economic forecast again on Wednesday. South Korea’s Kospi led the losses among the region’s main markets as it fell 1.77%. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.99%, while the Topix index dropped 1%. Shares in …
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