Asia-Pacific stocks mixed as Wall Street retreats from all-time highs
12 Jan 2021 | SET News
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Asia-Pacific stocks mixed as Wall Street retreats from all-time highs
Stocks in Asia-Pacific were mixed in Tuesday morning trade after shares on Wall Street pulled back overnight from all-time highs.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 slipped 0.46% while the Topix index shed 0.4%. South Korea’s Kospi declined 0.39%.
Shares in Australia rose, with the S&P/ASX 200 up about 0.2%.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan traded fractionally lower.
On the coronavirus front, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced Monday that the country would tighten Covid-19 restrictions from Wednesday, with multiple states coming under a lockdown.
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