Asia-Pacific shares slip following overnight Wall Street sell-off
Shares in Asia-Pacific fell in Thursday morning trade following overnight losses on Wall Street after the release of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s July meeting minutes.
The Nikkei 225 in Japan declined 0.52% in early trade while the Topix index also shed 0.52%. South Korea’s Kospi dipped 0.49%.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.61%. Australia’s jobs data for July is set to be released at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan traded 0.24% lower.
Reference: CNBC
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