Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday after a worldwide slump for financial markets spurred by worries about how badly the omicron variant, inflation and other forces will hit the world economy.
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Japan’s Nikkei led the losses among Asia’s major stock markets on Friday after the country’s longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, resigned over health issues. The Nikkei dropped 1.4 percent, while Tokyo Stock Price Index (Topix) ended the day almost 0.7 percent down. Other Asian markets, except for Taiwan and Australia, were trading up, with shares […]
