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Japan’s Nikkei 225 drops more than 2% as Asia-Pacific markets slip amid renewed Covid fears

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SINGAPORE — Shares in Asia-Pacific slipped in Friday trade, with Japanese stocks leading losses regionally.

The Nikkei 225 in Japan dropped 2.37% as shares of conglomerate SoftBank Group declined more than 4% while the Topix index fell 1.86%.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index also saw sizable losses as it fell 1.73%. In mainland China, the Shanghai composite declined 0.43% while the Shenzhen component hovered above the flatline.

South Korea’s Kospi dipped 0.7%.

The S&P/ASX 200 in Australia fell 1.37%. Australia’s retail sales in October jumped 4.9% month-on-month, seasonally adjusted, according to official estimates released Friday. That was far higher than the 2.5% increase predicted in a Reuters poll.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan traded 1.1% lower.

Travel stocks slammed

Travel stocks in Asia-Pacific fell in Friday trade amid renewed Covid fears.

In Australia, Qantas Airways shares dropped 4.73% while Hong Kong-listed shares of Cathay Pacific slipped 2.7%. Shares of Japan Airlines in Japan plunged 4.29% while Singapore Airlines’ stock in Singapore declined 1.71%.

Those losses came after World Health Organization officials said Thursday they are monitoring a new variant with “a large number of mutations.” A special meeting is scheduled for Friday to discuss its implications for vaccines and treatments.

Markets in the U.S. were closed on Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Oil falls more than 1%

Oil prices were lower in the morning of Asia trading hours, with international benchmark Brent crude futures down 1.25% to $81.19 per barrel. U.S. crude futures slipped 1.71% to $77.05 per barrel.

The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of its peers, was at 96.722 — still above levels below 96.5 seen earlier in the trading week.

The Japanese yen traded at 114.92 per dollar, still weaker than levels below 114.5 seen earlier this week. The Australian dollar was at $0.7158 following yesterday’s drop from levels above $0.72.

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