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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Yuri Kageyama

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline ahead of Trump's latest tariffs

Financial Markets - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Asian shares were mostly falling Wednesday, shaken by jitters over what President Donald Trump will announce about tariffs on what he referred to as “Liberation Day."

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 recouped early losses and was down less than 0.1%, at 35,618.04 in morning trading. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 added 0.2% to 7,940.30. South Korea's Kospi dipped 0.4% to 2,511.66. Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 0.9% to 23,003.26, while the Shanghai Composite inched down less than 0.1% to 3,346.84.

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