The Shanghai Composite index edged 0.1% lower to 2,965.27, while India's Sensex jumped 0.9%. Investors appear cautious with prices already relatively high and “out of whack" with earnings expectations, Mizuho Bank said in a commentary. “And so, investors may be increasingly nervous about being caught on the wrong side of ‘irrational exuberance,' “ it said. The World Health Organization on Sunday reported the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases by its count, at more than 183,000 new cases in the previous 24 hours. The UN health agency said on Sunday that Brazil led the way with 54,771 cases and the US next at 36,617.

Source: Daily Sun June 22, 2020 13:41 UTC