Asian markets struggle to match Wall St gains as rally fades

Hong Kong (AFP) July 23, 2021

Asian markets wobbled Friday as investors struggled to maintain a global rally into a third day despite another batch of healthy corporate earnings, with the Delta variant continuing to cast a shadow across trading floors. Wall Street's three main indexes closed near new records Thursday, fuelled by better-than-expected corporate reports and a seemingly unbreakable optimism about the long-te