Asia shares volatile as China tech worries remain Reuters 8 hrs ago
By Scott Murdoch
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian share markets were volatile on Tuesday, after Australia s central bank flagged some tapering in its quantitative easing programme and concerns over the future of China s powerful technology sector weighed down shares.
U.S. markets were closed on Monday to mark the Independence Day holiday, leaving the Asian region without a strong lead to trading on Tuesday.
MSCI s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.1%.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index was down 0.44%, marking its sixth day of losses, while China s CSI300 was off by nearly 0.6% to an almost two-month-low.
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