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Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 24, 2022. Stocks slipped Thursday in Asia following a retreat on Wall Street as crude oil prices rose sharply.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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Asian shares track Wall St lower as oil prices press higher
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP Business Writer
Wed,03/23/22-1:49AM , 443 Reads
Stocks slipped Thursday in Asia following a retreat on Wall Street as crude oil prices rose sharply.

Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai were lower while Sydney edged higher. U.S. futures rose and U.S. benchmark crude oil was trading near $116 per barrel.
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A man wearing a protective mask stands in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Friday, March 18, 2022, in Tokyo. Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Friday after Wall Street extended a rally into a third day and oil prices pushed higher, surpassing $105 per barrel. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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Asian shares retreat as oil climbs back above $100
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP Business Writer
Thu,03/17/22-12:54AM , 377 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Friday after Wall Street extended a rally into a third day and oil prices pushed higher, surpassing $105 per barrel.

Tokyo and Sydney advanced while Hong Kong, Shanghai and Seoul declined.
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A woman wearing a face mask walks past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index in Hong Kong, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Stocks were mostly lower in Asia and oil prices fell Tuesday after another day of losses on Wall Street as anxiety over the war in Ukraine and an upcoming Federal Reserve meeting on interest rates keep global financial markets on edge. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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Asian shares mostly lower as crude slides to $100 per barrel
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP Business Writer
Sun,03/13/22-11:21PM , 565 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower and oil prices fell Tuesday after another day of losses on Wall Street as anxiety over the war in Ukraine and an upcoming
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A currency trader watches computer monitors near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), center left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, center right, at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 11, 2022. Shares fell Friday in Asia as uncertainty over the war in Ukraine and persistently high inflation keep their sway over markets. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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Asian shares sink as war, inflation hold sway on markets
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP Business Writer
Thu,03/10/22-3:19AM , 454 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares fell Friday in Asia as uncertainty over the war in Ukraine and persistently high inflation keep their sway over markets.

Hong Kong fell 3.6% and Tokyo was 2.4% lower.

Investors are fretting over how the world economy may struggle with price pressures and slowing growth.
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