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Asian shares slip from all-time highs; oil falls on virus case surge

Asian shares slip from all-time highs; oil falls on virus case surge

Oil prices slipped from its highest levels since March as a continued surge in coronavirus globally forced a series of renewed lockdowns

A logo for Pfizer is displayed on a monitor on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, July 29, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

Asian shares mixed, US dollar near two-and-half year lows

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Get ready for a supercharged economy

A visitor wearing protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus, walks past in front of an electric screen displaying Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan March 2, 2020/ Reuters

Asian shares edge lower but stimulus, vaccine hopes provide support

A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a screen displaying a graph showing recent Nikkei share average outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Shares take a breather after stellar month, China data upbeat

Two men walk past an electronic screen showing stock information at a brokerage house/ Reuters

Asian shares advance as vaccine, recovery hopes triumph soft US data

A logo for Pfizer is displayed on a monitor on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, July 29, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

Global stocks hit record high as Biden, vaccine lift global prospects

A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a screen displaying a graph showing recent Nikkei share average outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Stocks rise as Biden transition, vaccine progress lift confidence

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Asian shares rise as investors count on vaccine relief

President Donald Trump walks with Jerome Powell at the White House in Washington on November 2, 2017. NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

The west’s constitutional crises threaten the economy’s last best hope

A visitor wearing protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus, walks past in front of an electric screen displaying Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan March 2, 2020/ Reuters

Asia stocks take a breather, bonds bet on Fed action

Pedestrians wearing protective face masks, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, walk past a show window of a department store in Tokyo, Japan, May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Rate cut bets melt as vaccines boost economy hopes

People wearing protective masks, following the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, are reflected on a screen showing stock prices outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan August 31, 2020/ Reuters

World shares slip after US retail sales dampen vaccine euphoria