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SYDNEY, June 1 — Asian share markets started on a cautious note and gold gained today as images of riots in burning US cities unnerved investors already tense over Washington’s power struggle with Beijing. E-Mini futures for the S&P 500 retreated 0.5 per cent in early action, while gold...

In Asia, an official business survey from China over the weekend showed its factory activity grew at a slower pace in May but momentum in the services and construction sectors quickened, pointing to an uneven recovery. — Reuters pic

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged up 0.2 per cent, as did Japan’s Nikkei. Protesters have flooded streets after weeks of lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic that threw millions out of work and hit minority communities especially hard. “Current unemployment numbers go far beyond what has been experienced in any post-war recession,” wrote Barclays economist Christian Keller in a note.

Bond investors suspect economies will need massive amounts of central bank support long after they reopen and that is keeping yields super low even as governments borrow much more. Early today, the dollar was a fraction softer on a basket of peers at 98.223 having touched an 11-week low of 97.944 on Friday. It was steady on the yen at 107.76.

 

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