Asia stocks off to cautious start, dollar nurses scars
(WorldNews Asia)

SYDNEY — Asian shares and the dollar made a cautious start to the new month on Monday as U.S. lawmakers struggled to hammer out a new stimulus plan and a global surge of new coronavirus cases showed no sign of abating. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dipped 0.2%, though that was from a six-month top. Japan’s Nikkei added 1.1% courtesy of a pullback in the yen, while South Korea shares eased 0.3%. E-Mini futures for the S&P 500 dithered either side of flat. Investors were nervous at the lack of a new stimulus package in the United States with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows not...