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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Elaine Kurtenbach

Asian markets are mostly higher as Wall Street is stuck in trade war doldrums

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Asian shares are mostly higher in thin Good Friday trading after a bumpy ride on Wall Street, where the Dow industrials lost 1.3% as UnitedHealth lost more than a fifth of its value due to a weaker-than-expected profit report.

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 gained 0.6% to 34,583.29, while the Kospi in South Korea rose 0.3% to 2,478.39.

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