Asian Stocks Down, as New Coronavirus Strain Makes a “Scary Headline” -Breaking


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By Gina Lee Investing.com – Asia Pacific stocks were mostly down on Friday morning, ending the week on a down note over the . Japan’s tumbled 2.35% by 9:13 PM ET (2:13 AM GMT) and South Korea’s fell 0.79%. Australia saw a drop of 1.28%. Hong Kong’s dropped 1.89%. China’s was down 0.30% while the inched up 0.06%. Scientists and the World Health Organization are currently studying this variant. It was discovered in South Africa and has been described as being very different to previous versions. Although the U.K. has banned South Africa from flights and has five African countries...