Trade tension puts Asian shares on edge
Investors await US jobs report amid uncertainty over Washington’s Mexico tariffs
07 June 2019 - 08:29
Sydney — Asian share markets dithered on Friday as investors waited for concrete signs of progress in the US-Mexican trade standoff, while bracing for a US jobs report that could sway the course of interest rates there.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged 0.04% higher and looked set for another cautious session being up just 0.6% for the week so far...
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