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Asian Markets End Tuesday's Trading Day Mixed

VOA News

   Investor trading activity on Asian markets was mixed Tuesday.

   The Nikkei index in Japan closed 0.1% higher. Sydney's S&P/ASX index
   finished up one percent. The KOSPI index in Seoul was down just over
   one-half of a point, but was unchanged percentage-wise. Taipei's TSEC
   index dropped nearly nine points, but was also unchanged
   percentage-wise.

   In late afternoon trading, Shanghai's Composite index was up
   one-and-a-half points, but percentage-wise was unchanged, and Mumbai's
   Sensex was down 0.1%.

   Trading on Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was closed due to a typhoon
   warning.

   In commodities trading, gold is selling at $1,920.40 per ounce, down
   0.4%. U.S. crude oil is selling at $39.57 per barrel, up 0.3%, and
   Brent crude oil is selling at $41.87 per barrel, also up 0.3%.

   All three major U.S. indices are trending down in futures trading.

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