Shares have fallen in Asia after China reportedly rebuffed a plan for talks with the U.S. on resolving their dispute over trade and technology. The slow start to the week followed a mixed close Friday on Wall Street, where an afternoon sell-off erased modest gains for the S&P 500 that had the benchmark index on track to eke out its own record high for much of the day.
KEEPING SCORE: Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 1.3 percent to 27,603.08 and Australia’s S&P ASX 200 was flat at 6,192.80. India’s Sensex gave up 0.4 percent to 36,681.91. Shares rose in Singapore but fell in Indonesia. Markets in Japan, South Korea, Shanghai and elsewhere in the region were closed for national holidays.
