Asian shares drifted lower on Wednesday as a risk-off mood settled on markets, w...
SYDNEY - Asian shares drifted lower on Wednesday as a risk-off mood settled on markets, while a frazzled pound awaited its fate ahead of yet another make-or-break parliamentary vote on Brexit.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS eased 0.45 percent in slow trade.led the retreat with a fall of 1.2 percent as data showed domestic machinery orders fell in January at the fastest pace in four months.slipped 0.5 percent following two days of gains. E-Mini futures for the S&P 500 ESc1 were off 0.2 percent and spread betters pointed to opening losses for the main European bourses.
Lawmakers voted against May’s amended Brexit deal by 391 to 242 as her last-minute talks with EU chiefs on Monday to assuage her critics’ concerns ultimately proved fruitless.
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