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On Thursday, most Asian stock markets went down following minutes from the Fed’s last meeting, which revealed a lack of consensus on the future pace of American interest rate hikes, while crude prices tacked on following yesterday’s steep dip.
Outside Japan MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares headed south 0.2%. Japan's Nikkei went down 0.3% as a stronger yen affected the outlook for export earnings.
South Korea's KOSPI decreased 0.2%, while Australian stocks slumped 0.3%.
Meanwhile, China's blue chip CSI 300 index showed a 0.2% sink, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 0.1%.
This week trading in Asia has been impacted by tensions on the Korean peninsula. North Korea dared to fire a missile. As US officials state, it happened to be an intercontinental ballistic missile. It fell into Japanese waters.
On Wednesday, the United States told it was ready to employ force if required to stop North Korea's nuclear missile program, though added it preferred global diplomatic action versus Pyongyang.
On Wednesday, upbeat signs from trade negotiations between the world's two leading economies spurred EU equities, while the threat of a blocked merger deal had Sainsbury's shares suppressed…
On Tuesday, American shares struggled for direction due to the fact that profits in Walmart compensated losses in financials, with trade negotiations between China and America in focus…
On Monday, British equities generally slipped after the close…
Safe havens such as gold and Japanese yen declined as investors sentiment was boosted by eased geopolitical tensions…
On Tuesday, the euro tacked on because market participants waited for reports on inflation and growth in the euro zone, while the Japanese yen went down after Japan’s major bank told it would be more flexible in its huge stimulus program…
On Tuesday, the evergreen buck dived because the common currency bounced off and the UK pound managed to ascend to the day’s maximums reacting to reports that British Prime Minister Theresa May is going to take control of Brexit talks…
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