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Asian shares set for mixed open on resurgent virus worries Asian shares were set for choppy trade on Wednesday as the investor focus swung between concerns about a new faster-spreading variant of the coronavirus and hopes that more U.S. fiscal aid would propel an economic recovery.
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks in front of a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
23 Dec 2020 07:50AM (Updated:
23 Dec 2020 07:50AM)
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24 December, 2020, 4:55 am
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks in front of a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Asian shares were set for choppy trade on Wednesday as the investor focus swung between concerns about a new faster-spreading variant of the coronavirus and hopes that more U.S. fiscal aid would propel an economic recovery.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.60% in early trading, following three-straight days of losses. Japan’s Nikkei 225 futures were down 0.13%, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index futures were down 0.05%.
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares set for mixed open on resurgent virus worries Reuters 12/22/2020
NEW YORK, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Asian shares were set for choppy trade on Wednesday as the investor focus swung between concerns about a new faster-spreading variant of the coronavirus and hopes that more U.S. fiscal aid would propel an economic recovery.
Australia s S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.60% in early trading, following three-straight days of losses. Japan s Nikkei 225 futures were down 0.13%, while Hong Kong s Hang Seng index futures were down 0.05%.
U.S. stocks ended mostly lower over concerns the new COVID variation, which has halted movement in and out of the UK and sent vaccine makers scrambling to ensure their drugs are effective against it, could further hamper a softening economic recovery.