HONG KONG (AFP): Markets struggled Wednesday (Aug 26) in Asia as investors weighed ongoing worries about the economic impact of coronavirus and fresh outbreaks in some countries against signs it is easing in other parts of the world and hopes for a vaccine.
Wall Street provided a third-successive record-breaking lead, with tech firms' march ever higher unmoved by a sharp drop in confidence in the crucial US consumer sector, while easing China-US trade fears provided support.
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