NEW YORK: Asian stocks were set for a bumpy start to the second half of the year on Wednesday as optimism about a global economic recovery from the pandemic jousted with signs in the United States the health crisis may not yet be past its peak.
Stocks futures were mixed in early Asian trade with e-mini for the S&P 500 down 0.19% while with Japan's Nikkei 225 futures rose 0.2%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index futures lost 0.42% and Australian S&P/ASX 200 futures were down 0.1%.
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