Asian shares stuck near peaks amid vaccine concerns
Chinese and South Korean stocks rise as Japan’s Nikkei and Australian shares slide
27 November 2020 - 08:28
Tokyo — Asian shares stalled near record highs on Friday as investors weighed renewed doubts about a highly-anticipated coronavirus vaccine against hopes that some of the region’s economies will recovery quicker than their Western peers.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.11% but remained with striking distance of a lifetime peak touched this week. Australian shares were down 0.56%. Japan’s Nikkei fell 0.12% in choppy trade...
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