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Asian Markets Fall After US Data Dent Rate Cut Hopes

Hong Kong stocks fell for a fourth successive day, having hit a nine-month high earlier in the week (Credit: AFP)

Markets fell in Asia on Friday, tracking a sell-off on Wall Street sparked by a string of better-than-expected US data that added to worries the Federal Reserve will hold off on cutting interest rates this year.

A weeks-long rally in equities has petered out in the past few days on profit-taking and as central bank officials pushed back against bets on an early reduction.

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