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Monday, November 12, 2012

Asian shares capped, U.S. fiscal cliff weighs

A visitor walks near the logo of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in TokyoTOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares were capped on Monday as investor sentiment was weighed down by concerns over U.S. fiscal woes as well as Greece's bailout, despite improving economic data from the world's two largest economies, the United States and China. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.1 percent after ending last week down 0.7 percent at one-week low. Australian shares fell 0.3 percent while South Korean shares opened down 0.3 percent. Japan's Nikkei stock average opened down 0.6 percent to a four-week low. ...



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