Stocks loiter around peaks as traders wait for data – Reuters
- Date: 02-Jun-2021
- Source: Reuters
- Sector:Economy
- Country:Middle East
Stocks loiter around peaks as traders wait for data – Reuters
SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Stocks chopped around record peaks on Tuesday, while the dollar was pinned near recent lows, as markets awaited U.S. jobs data and looked ahead to crucial central bank meetings in Europe and United States for guidance on the interest rates outlook.
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a stock quotation board outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan May 11, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan touched a three-month peak, before profit-taking in recently strong Chinese markets pulled it 0.4% lower. Aussie stocks hit a record high, while Japan's Nikkei rose 0.5%.
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