HONG KONG: Asian stocks started the day in the red on Wednesday with Hong Kong seeing profit-taking after the previous day’s record close with energy firms hit by a dive in oil prices.

The dollar rebounded from morning losses to extend Tuesday’s recovery though bitcoin was well down following what one analyst called a “cryptocalypse” that saw digital currencies take a hammering.

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