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Tokyo: Stocks open sharply lower on trade war fears

Published Wed, May 8, 2019 · 12:20 AM

[TOKYO] Tokyo stocks opened sharply lower on Wednesday, tracking losses on global markets as fears about a US-China trade war re-emerged.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 1.49 per cent or 326.88 to 21,596.84 in early trade, while the broader Topix index was down 1.31 per cent or 20.96 points at 1,578.88.

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Tokyo: Stocks open sharply lower on trade war fears

Capital Markets & Currencies

Europe: Stocks retreat on earnings gloom, weak US economic data

US: Stocks hit by GDP data, Meta results

Singapore stocks end lower after US market wobbles ahead of CPI data; STI down 0.2%

LSEG reports in-line first quarter as Microsoft partnership progresses

Japan brokerage Daiwa’s Q4 profit more than doubles as markets recover

South Korea readies new system to detect illegal short-selling

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