HONG KONG: Asian markets were mixed while the safe-haven yen edged up Friday following a sell-off on Wall Street and in Europe as fears over eurozone debt resurfaced with a payment crisis at Portugal's biggest listed bank.
News that the parent of Banco Espirito Santo had covered up a US$1.8bil hole in its accounts fanned worries of a return to the debt crisis that wracked Europe just three years ago.
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