Global Market: Asia shares slip as Hong Kong unrest, Argentine peso crash rattle investors

By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares fell on Tuesday as fears about a drawn out Sino-U.S. trade war, protests in Hong Kong and a crash in Argentina's peso currency drove investors to safe harbours like bonds, gold, and the yen. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.26% while Japan's Nikkei tumbled 1.28%.

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