Shares ease from rally, euro pressured ahead of ECB

A man with an umbrella struggles against heavy rain and wind caused by Typhoon Guchol in front of a board showing the Nikkei average outside a brokerage in TokyoTOKYO (Reuters) – A rally in Asian shares fizzled out on Thursday as markets marked time before the European Central Bank's policy decision later in the day, with the euro staying pressured by widespread expectations of a rate cut to support fragile euro zone growth. The safe-haven U.S. dollar outperformed with its index measured against key currencies gaining 0.5 percent. …



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