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Asian markets trade mixed as investors digest US-China trade news
Asian shares traded mixed on Friday following off the soggy close seen on Wall Street overnight amid investor concerns over US-China trade talks. Japanese markets traded [...]
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Asian stocks higher on backdrop of US-China talks
Asian stock markets were marginally higher on Friday as US and Chinese officials held a new round of talks seeking to avert a trade war between the world’s two largest [...]
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Asian dealers cautious with eye on trade talks, geopolitics
Asian traders were biding their time in early trade on Thursday as a healthy lead from Wall Street was tempered by geopolitical concerns and caution ahead of high-level [...]
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NKorea moves, weak Japan GDP data pull Asian shares lower
Share prices fell Wednesday in Asia after losses in technology and health care companies snapped an eight-day winning streak for the Dow Jones industrial average. North [...]
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Asian markets down as attention turns back to trade talks
Chinese vice Premier Liu He is due in Washington for fresh talks aimed at heading off a trade war with the United States Asian markets mostly fell on Tuesday as trade moves [...]
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Most Asian markets rise after Wall St rally, ringgit sinks
Most Asia markets rose Monday as investors built on last week’s rally, with another healthy lead from Wall Street providing support, but oil prices retreated from their [...]
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AirAsia shares drop after CEO says sorry for backing ex-PM
Shares of regional budget airline AirAsia plunged Monday after its chief Tony Fernandes apologised for supporting defeated prime minister Najib Razak in a historic election [...]
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Asian stocks near three-week top, dollar eases after US inflation
Asian shares rallied on Friday as risk appetite got a boost from soft US inflation, helping alleviate worries of faster rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, while investors [...]
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Most Asian markets end healthy week on a positive note
Asian markets built on the past week’s gains Friday following another rally in New York as traders welcomed a below-forecast US inflation read that dampened [...]
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Asia markets, energy firms boosted as oil prices press ahead
Crude prices extended their rally Thursday, propelling Asian energy firms and equity markets, as rising demand and Donald Trump’s decision to tear up the Iran nuclear [...]
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Asian shares advance as China reports recovery in exports
Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Tuesday following an upbeat finish on Wall Street. Chinese benchmarks surged after Beijing reported that exports rebounded in April, [...]
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Asia markets mostly up after Wall St surge, Iran fears boost oil
Most Asia markets rose Monday following a blistering lead from Wall Street as a soft jobs report soothed concerns about rising US interest rates, while oil prices extended a [...]
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?Asian markets rise, tracking Wall Street gains on job report
Asian shares were mostly higher Monday following strong gains on Wall Street after the US jobless rate hit an 18-year low, helping investors overlook unresolved trade [...]
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?Asian markets track fresh US losses, jobs data in focus
Asian markets fell on Friday, tracking another retreat on Wall Street as attention turns to the release of key US jobs data later in the day and high-level China-US trade [...]
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?Asian equities track Wall St loss, China-US trade talks in view
Most Asian markets dipped on Thursday following a sell-off in New York as investors keep an eye on top-level talks between China and the United States on trade, while the [...]
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