A currency trader passes by screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and the foreign exchange rate between US dollar and South Korean won, center, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 7, 2021. Asian shares were mixed Monday, as initial euphoria about the gains that closed out last week on Wall Street faded quickly. - AP
TOKYO, June 7 (AP): Asian shares were mixed Monday, as initial euphoria about the gains that closed out last week on Wall Street faded quickly.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 0.3% to finish at 29,019.24. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 lost earlier gains, inching down 0.2% to 7,281.90. South Korea's Kospi added 0.4% to 3,252.62. Hong Kong's Hang Seng dipped 0.5% to 28,779.65, while the Shanghai Composite rose 0.2% to 3,599.54.
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