Pedestrians walk in front of a quotation board displaying share prices of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo May 1, 2020. — AFP pic
After a rally across most regional bourses yesterday, Wall Street and Europe followed suit after figures pointed to a big improvement in eurozone private-sector activity in June as well as a jump in US new home sales. However, there are growing concerns of a relapse in some countries that had been opening up, with Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike today warning a number of new cases had been found at one workplace.
Tokyo and Singapore each lost 0.1 per cent, Hong Kong dipped 0.5 per cent and there were also losses in Manila.
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