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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Yuri Kageyama

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly fall on worries about Trump's tariffs

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

Asian shares mostly declined on Tuesday as worries spread over President-elect Donald Trump's comment that he plans to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China as soon as he takes office.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 dropped 1.2% to 38,305.20 and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.4% to 8,384.80. South Korea's Kospi dipped 0.6% to 2,518.58. Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.4% to 19,223.94, while the Shanghai Composite gained 0.4% to 3,277.82.

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