Thanks for being with us. Britain’s economy shrank in July, official figures showed, a blow after a series of signs that the UK was doing better than previously expected.
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 0.5% in July.
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What happened overnight
Shares in Asia fell on Wednesday as a decline in technology stocks dragged down Wall Street ahead of a key report on US inflation.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 0.3 percent to 17,970.01, while the Shanghai Composite fell 0.9 percent to 3,109.88.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 index was down 0.4 percent at 32,656.85, while Seoul’s Kospi was down 0.2 percent at 2,532.69. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.8% at 7,146.40.
Wall Street stocks fell on Tuesday as investors awaited key U.S. consumer inflation data expected to influence the Federal Reserve’s upcoming interest rate decision.
The Dow Jones industrial average ended 0.1 percent lower at 34,645.99.
The Nasdaq fell 1pc to 13,773.61, while the broader-based S&P 500 lost 0.6pc to 4,461.90.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield was little changed at 4.28pc.
Asian stocks edged lower after Wall Street wobbled overnight. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was flat, with Tokyo’s Nikkei down 0.2pc.
Australia’s resource-heavy shares lost 0.7pc, Chinese blue-chips were flat but Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose 0.6pc.
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