Asian stocks crimped by delay in US-China talks
Lack of concrete progress in trade war discussions dents confidence
07 November 2019 - 07:50
Sydney — Asian shares managed to cling near multi-month peaks on Thursday while bonds eked out a bounce as reports of delays in sealing a preliminary China-US trade deal left investors frustrated at the lack of concrete progress.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan eased a slight 0.1%, just off a six-month high hit earlier in the week...
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