Asia markets rise as dealers nervously await start of trade talks | Malay Mail

Thursday, 10 Oct 2019 12:54 PM MYT

Global investors have been broadly upbeat in recent weeks that the meeting in Washington between top-level representatives would see at least some progress. Tensions were already showing this week after the US unveiled restrictions on 28 Chinese entities over human rights violations in Xinjiang province and imposed visa restrictions on some officials, while a report said the White House was considering curtailing US investment in the country.

On regional markets Shanghai and Hong Kong each rose 0.4 per cent while Tokyo went into the break 0.5 per cent higher. Sydney and Singapore each added 0.1 per cent, with Manila and Jakarta also higher.In foreign exchanges, the dollar was lower against most other currencies after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s September policy meeting showed it was growing concerned about the impact of Trump’s trade war.

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