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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Zimo Zhong

Asian stocks are mixed following a quiet day on Wall Street

South Korea Financial Markets - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Asian stocks were mixed on Wednesday under pressure from a rising U.S. dollar and the uncertainties over the U.S. election.

U.S. futures and oil prices fell due to escalating geopolitical tensions after Israel announced that an airstrike outside Beirut earlier this month killed a Hezbollah official who had been expected to succeed the group’s longtime leader after he died in an Israeli strike last month.

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