GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian equities perched at month high ahead of U.S. jobs data
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Reuters | Washington DC | Updated: 01-06-2021 10:23 IST | Created: 01-06-2021 10:01 IST
Asian stock markets rose on Tuesday while gold flirted near five-month highs ahead of European and U.S. data this week that will likely offer clues on the health of the global economy.
The world's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic remains patchy with exports reviving but broader economic activity still dampened by new measures to contain fresh outbreaks MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged up 0.4%, as Taiwan and South Korea indexes notched gains. Japan, Australia, and Chinese markets retreated.
South Korea stocks were supported by data showing the country's exports logged their sharpest expansion in 32 years in May. But in Japan, official data showed companies cut sp ...
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