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· European stocks dropped on Thursday morning as traders watched developments from central banks across the world.
The pan-European Stoxx 600 was 0.5 percent off with every sector in the red.
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MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS lost 1.0 percent, with shares in South Korea .KS11 and Taiwan .TWII falling over one percent.
· Japan’s Nikkei share average dropped on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve forecast a slightly faster pace of rate hikes this year, while concerns about a U.S.-China trade war also hurt sentiment.
The Nikkei .N225 ended down 0.99 percent to 22,738.61.
· China and Hong Kong stocks eased on Thursday as disappointing economic data and renewed trade war fears hit investor sentiment.
The blue-chip CSI300 index closed down 0.4 percent at 3,773.37 points, while the Shanghai Composite Index 3,044.16 slipped 0.2 percent to 3,044.16 points.
Referenece: Reuters, CNBC
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