HONG KONG (AFP): Technology and energy firms were among the big losers as Asian investors ran for the exit Wednesday (Sept 9) following another rout on Wall Street, with vaccine and post-Brexit trade deal fears adding to the perfect storm.
US traders returned from a long weekend to resume the selling that sent shudders through markets last week as they fretted over lofty valuations of many equities that have soared from their March troughs, helped by vast central bank support.
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