Asian shares track Wall Street fall as Alphabet plunges

Asian shares have tracked Wall Street lower as a number of Federal Reserve speakers echo Chair Jerome Powell in saying that interest rates are set to go higher, capping risk sentiment, while the dollar hovers near one-month highs. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan slid 0.3 per cent in early trade on Thursday.  […]

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