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Asia Markets Mostly Positive, US Futures Slip

EQUITIES

A mostly positive day for equity markets in Asia, liquidity is thinned with participants in Japan and Singapore absent for market holiday's. In China markets are higher by around 0.7%, though chip stocks came under pressure after a state broadcaster said it would crack down on speculators in the chip market. Other indices in the region have hovered around neutral levels. In the US future are lower, markets continuing to assess the latest labour market report, focus this week will switch to inflation data.

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