Stock Market News (European Open) – Geopolitics divert attention from fundamentals with most major indices heading lower
Posted on September 6, 2017 at 9:54 am GMTIn Asia, the Nikkei 225 continued building on losses from previous days, though today’s decline was more modest than in the two preceding days. Specifically, the index fell by 0.1%. The broader Japanese index, the Topix, edged 0.1% higher. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 fell by 0.3%, more than reversing yesterday’s gain. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng declined by a more considerable 0.5%, while the Shanghai Composite was up by less than 0.1%. Geopolitical uncertainty relating to tensions in the Korean peninsula keeps [..]