MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares lost 0.09%, reversing morning gains, with falling 0.77% Investors pulled back from Hong Kong stocks with the dropping 0.37%. U.S. and European equities futures also fell, while traders sought safety in government bonds and oil clawed back some of its heavy early losses. Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine accused government forces on Thursday of opening fire on their territory four times in the last 24 hours. The report comes as Russia has massed more than 100,000 troops close to Ukraine’s borders, raising fears of an invasion. At the same time, worries about a super-hawkish Fed rate-tightening campaign took a step down overnight. . . .
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