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Australia Building Approval Data Due On Thursday
(RTTNews) - Australia will on Thursday release December data for building approvals, highlighting a light day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. Approvals are expected to rise 1.0 percent on month after sinking 9.0 percent in November.
Japan will provide January numbers for monetary base, with forecasts suggesting a decline of 3.2 percent on year following the 6.1 percent decline in the previous month.
South Korea will see January figures for consumer prices, with forecasts calling for an increase of 0.5 percent on month and 5.0 percent on year. That follows the 0.2 percent monthly increase and the 5.0 percent yearly gain in December.
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Sensex, Nifty Tad Lower Dragged By IT Stocks
Indian shares opened a tad lower on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump offered no exceptions to his Aug. 1 tariff start date and announced a 50 percent tariff on copper imports, expanding trade measures already in place for steel and aluminum.
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Australian Market More Than Halves Early Losses In Mid-market
The Australian stock market is halving its early losses in mid-market moves on Wednesday, reversing the slight gains in the previous session, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 staying below the 8,600 level, following the mixed cues from Wall Street overnight, with weakness in financial and technology stocks partially offset by gains in mining and energy stocks.
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Asian Markets Mixed Amid Tariff Worries
Asian stock markets are trading mixed on Wednesday, following the mixed cues from Wall Street overnight, as traders are reluctant to make significant moves amid the lingering uncertainty about US trade policy after US President Donald Trump delayed the reciprocal tariff deadline until August 1. Asian markets closed mostly higher on Tuesday.
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Sensex, Nifty Seen Lower As Investors Fret About Trump's Tariff Policy
Indian shares look set to open on a sluggish note Wednesday, tracking mixed cues from global markets after U.S. President Donald Trump offered no exceptions to his Aug. 1 tariff start date.
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Little Movement Seen For Thai Stock Market
The Thai stock market has finished lower in two of three trading days since the end of the four-day winning streak in which it had surged almost 50 points or 4.6 percent. The Stock Exchange of Thailand now sits just above the 1,115-point plateau and it's likely to remain rangebound again on Wednesday.
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Australia Building Permits Climb 3.2% On Month In May
The total number of building permits issued in Australia was up a seasonally adjusted 3.2 percent on month in May, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday - coming in at 15,212.
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Japanese Market Modestly Lower
The Japanese stock market is modestly lower on Wednesday after opening in the green, reversing the gains in the previous session, following the mixed cues from Wall Street overnight. The Nikkei 225 is falling to near the 39,600 level, with a mixed performance is most sectors.
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China Inflation Slips 0.1% On Month In June
Consumer prices in China were down a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent on month in June, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday.
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