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Wednesday, 17 June 2015

Asia shares, dollar dither as focus turns to Federal Reserve

SYDNEY: Asia share markets turned mixed while the dollar flatlined on Wednesday as tension mounted before the Federal Reserve delivers views on the US economy that could shed light on when US interest rates are likely to rise. Endless wrangling over the Greek debt crisis also kept trading cautious with Japan's Nikkei losing early gains to dip 0.4 per cent. MSCI's index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged up 0.4 per cent but that was from a...

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