Asia: Markets track big losses on Wall Street after China retaliates

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[HONG KONG] Asian markets extended a global sell-off Tuesday following hefty losses on Wall Street that came in response to China's hike in tariffs on US$60 billion of US imports, ramping up tensions in a trade war between the global economic titans. Read more at The Business Times.

Sydney and Singapore each dropped more than one per cent, with Manila and Jakarta both down 1.6 per cent."Uncertainty and short-term sentiment impact is likely to stay," Medha Samant, director of investment at Fidelity International, told Bloomberg TV."In the short term, it looks like volatility is here to stay and we could see this risk-off, risk-on going on for a long time."

However, while there is a lot of fear about an all-out trade war, which could batter the world economy, both said talks will continue, though no date has been set for the next round. "An eventual agreement still seems the most likely outcome, although political miscalculation is a rising risk," said Paul Christopher, head of global market strategy at Wells Fargo Investment Institute.

On currency markets the yuan - which has fallen more than two per cent since Mr Trump last week threatened to hike tariffs - edged up slightly against the dollar, while the greenback was also slightly lower against the pound and euro.

 

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