HONG KONG: The euro faced fresh pressure in Asian trade on Monday after German Chancellor Angela Merkel failed to form a government at the weekend, fuelling uncertainty in Europe’s biggest economy.

Several Asian stock markets tracked a sell-off on Wall Street, where all three main indexes finished in the red on profit-taking and fears that US lawmakers would struggle to pass Donald Trump’s tax-cut plans.

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