Stock Market News (European Open) – Stoxx 600 flat; Asia mixed; Trump’s tax plan in focus
Posted on September 28, 2017 at 9:53 am GMTIn Asian markets, the Japanese Nikkei 225 and Topix indices advanced by 0.5% and 0.7% respectively after yesterday’s decline due to ex-dividend adjustments. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng lost 0.8% and the Shanghai Composite declined by 0.15%. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 climbed by 0.1%. The US President Donald Trump yesterday unveiled his much-anticipated tax plan. The proposals by Trump did prompt criticism and will surely face a battle in Congress, but nevertheless the unveiling of the plan did boost risk sentiment with [..]