Tuesday, 11 May 2021 12:20 PM MYT
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 1.7 per cent by mid-session, its largest drop since late March, and Japan’s Nikkei fell 2.8 per cent. — Reuters pic
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HONG KONG, May 11 — Asian tech stocks tumbled today and a regional equity gauge suffered its biggest slide in nearly two months after a selloff on Wall Street, as traders braced for US inflation data amid worries growing price pressures might bring forward rate rises.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 1.7 per cent by mid-session, its largest drop since late March, and Japan’s Nikkei fell 2.8 per cent.