⁍ The benchmark Nikkei share average was nearly flat at 23,514.41 by the midday break.
⁍ Investors were on guard ahead of a slew of earnings reports.
⁍ E-mini futures for the S&P 500 dipped more than 0.5% amid U.S. coronavirus stimulus.
– Asian markets were mixed today, with Japan’s Nikkei down almost flat and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng down 1.1%, as investors kept an eye on a surge in coronavirus cases around the world, the BBC reports. China’s Shanghai Index was down 1.2% and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.8%. Markets in Seoul and Taiwan were down as well.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/japan-stocks-midday/nikkei-holds-steady-on-caution-ahead-of-earnings-idUSL1N2HH04M