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Asia stocks turn lower, gold jumps as oil slips
Asian shares slipped on Monday ahead of potentially market-moving inflation data from the United States and Europe later in the week, and a meeting of oil producers that could stop, or extend, the recent slide in prices. One mover was gold, which climbed to $2,009 an ounce and briefly hit a six-month top of $2,017.82. The approach of month end could also cause some caution given the hefty gains investors are sitting on. Japan's Nikkei eased 0.3 per cent, but it still up 8.6 per cent so far in November. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan also dipped 0.3 per cent, giving it a monthly gain of 6.4 ... (full story)