Stock Market Update – Markets pay little attention to N. Korean ICBM launch; Europe broadly up; FTSE hurt by rising sterling
Asian equities didn’t seem much affected by a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile launch (ICBM) that landed in the Sea of Japan, the first such launch in more than two months. The Japanese Nikkei 225 and the Topix Indices finished higher by 0.5% and 0.8% respectively. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng lost 0.2% and the Shanghai […]
