Asian stocks sink on debt ceiling jitters
By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian shares fell to a two-month low on Thursday, and the U.S. dollar rose as the impasse in negotiations to raise the U.S. debt ceiling kept investors wary of risky assets due to the hit the global economy will take if the U.S. government defaults. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.56% to a two-month low of 505.35, with Australia’s S&P/ASX […]