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Global Stocks, Oil Edge Away From Highs As Stimulus Rally Ebbs

The burst of market optimism from those events had helped Asian shares rise - Japan's Nikkei added 1.7% - but this faded out as Europe opened for business, with the STOXX Europe 600 down around 0.5%.

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Rising Bond Yields Spook World Shares As Investors Look To Powell

E-mini S&P futures slipped 0.4% while the futures for the Nasdaq, the unequivocal leader of the post-pandemic rally, fell 0.6% to a two-month low.

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Asian Shares Make Guarded Gains As Bond Yields, Resources Spike

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan added 0.2%, after slipping from a record top last week as the jump in U.S. bond yields unsettled investors.

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Data, Lockdowns Weigh On Stocks And Oil; Dollar Rises

The dollar index rose 0.573%, with the euro down 0.68% to $1.2073, while sterling was last trading at $1.3585, down 0.75% on the day.

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Stocks Pause For Breath As Bond Selloff Extends

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.3% after touching an all-time high on Monday, led by a 1.6% drop in South Korea as investors took some profit from a soaring Kospi.

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Stocks Ride Higher On Democrat Senate Win, Dollar Founders

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.5% to just shy of a record high, led by jumps of more than 1.5% in South Korea's chipmaker-heavy Kospi and Australia's miner-and-bank heavy ASX 200.

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Asian Shares Set To Finish 2020 At Record High, Riskier Currencies In Favor

MSCI's gauge of Asia-Pacific shares excluding Japan rose 0.1% to its latest peak, having explored fresh territory repeatedly late in the year. But year-end trading was typically thin.

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Asia Shares Retreat From Record, But U.S. Stimulus Hopes Buoy Market Mood

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 0.3% from Thursday's record. Still, it's on track for a seventh consecutive week of gains - the longest such streak in about a year.

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World Stocks Catch Breath After Vaccine Euphoria

European shares opened lower, with the STOXX 600 index down around 0.1%, tracking weakness overnight in Japan, where the Nikkei fell 1.1% after coronavirus cases there rose to a high.

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Global Stocks Sweat On US Election Race, Safe-Haven Bonds Gain

Democratic contender Joe Biden took to the air to declare he was optimistic about winning and called for all votes to be counted, no matter how long it took.

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Asian Shares Falter Again, Poised For First Weekly Loss Since Late-September

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside of Japan was last down 0.3%, on track to the end the week 1.3% lower after four straight weeks of gains.

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Global Markets: Asian Shares, U.S. Stock Futures Sag On Coronavirus, U.S. Election Worries

European shares look set to tumble amid reports of potential lockdowns in Germany and France, with Euro Stoxx 50 futures down 1.3% at five-month lows. FTSE futures were down 0.5% to hit lows last seen in mid-May.

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Global Markets: Asian Stocks Gain On US Stimulus Hope, Yuan Surges

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.56%. Australian stocks edged up by 0.1%, while shares in China rose 0.07%. Tokyo shares gained 0.4%.

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Global Markets: Asian Equities Slip As Vaccine Trials, Stimulus Talks Stall

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside of Japan fell 0.2%. Japan's Nikkei dipped 0.2% while Australia's benchmark index was off a touch and South Korea stumbled 0.7%.

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S&P 500 Ends Down After Late Reversal Despite Fed's Low-Rate Stance

The S&P 500 posted 25 new 52-week highs and no new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 72 new highs and 16 new lows.

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