Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday on selling of technology shares following a lackluster day on Wall Street.
US futures edged higher, while crude oil prices rose about $1 a barrel.
Chinese markets retreated after US President Donald Trump cast doubt on whether or not he will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this month.
Maybe it won’t happen, maybe it won’t happen, he said while hosting a lunch for Republican Party senators at the White House.
However, Trump also said he was expecting to do well in negotiations with China.
I’m going to see President Xi in two weeks… We’re going to meet in South Korea, he said. We’re going to talk about a lot of things they want to discuss.
Trump is travelling in the next several days to Japan and South Korea, in part, to finalise the terms of investments from those countries as part of an agreement to minimise the tariff rates Trump is charging on foreign goods.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped 1% to 25,769.83, while the Shanghai .​Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday on selling of technology shares following a lackluster day on Wall Street.
US futures edged higher, while crude oil prices rose about $1 a barrel.
Chinese markets retreated after US President Donald Trump cast doubt on whether or not he will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this month.
Maybe it won’t happen, maybe it won’t happen, he said while hosting a lunch for Republican Party senators at the White House.
However, Trump also said he was expecting to do well in negotiations with China.
I’m going to see President Xi in two weeks… We’re going to meet in South Korea, he said. We’re going to talk about a lot of things they want to discuss.
Trump is travelling in the next several days to Japan and South Korea, in part, to finalise the terms of investments from those countries as part of an agreement to minimise the tariff rates Trump is charging on foreign goods.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped 1% to 25,769.83, while the Shanghai . ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
