Asian shares tread water as trade tension takes away traders’ risk appetite
20 November 2019 - 07:39
Sydney — Asian shares stumbled on Wednesday as the Sino-US trade talks produced nothing but a stream of conflicting messages, while concerns about a glut of supply left oil prices nursing their biggest one-day loss in seven weeks.
Figures from the American Petroleum Institute out late on Tuesday showed a far larger rise in crude stocks than expected. That followed reports Russia was unlikely to deepen its cuts to crude output...
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