Asian markets swing on Covid jitters


Source: manilatimes.net manilatimes.net

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HONG KONG: Asian markets were mixed Monday following last week's gains with investors keeping a worried eye on a fresh Covid outbreak in China that could drag on the already stuttering economy. Long-running worries about inflation continued to cast a shadow over trading floors, though a healthy batch of earnings have tempered those concerns in the past couple of weeks. Reporting by tech titans including Amazon, Apple, Samsung and Microsoft are on the agenda this week, and will be closely followed for an idea about what impact supply chain snarls and rising prices is having on their bottom lines. Their...