BANGKOK (AP): Shares fell Monday (June 29) in Asia, tracking losses on Wall Street as rising virus cases cause some US states to backtrack on pandemic reopenings.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index lost 1.3% in early trading. Shares also fell in Hong Kong, Sydney, Shanghai and South Korea. Investors have been banking on businesses continuing to reopen, helping to drive a recovery from the worst global downturn since the 1930s Great Depression.
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