Stock Market News (European Open) – Equity rally takes a breather; miners remain under pressure
Posted on September 14, 2017 at 9:55 am GMTThe rally in stocks earlier in the week, effectively on Monday and Tuesday, was not sustained mid-week. The Nikkei 225 and the broader Japanese index, the Topix, both contracted by 0.3% after rising in the three preceding days. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng built on yesterday’s decline to finish the day lower by 0.4%. The Shanghai Composite was down by a similar proportion and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 edged lower by 0.1%. Further dampening risk sentiment today were Chinese data on fixed [..]