HONG KONG: Oil prices tumbled again on Monday, while most Asian stock markets also retreated after a sell-off in New York at the end of last week that came in reaction to data showing weak US wage growth.

The news on wages, which overshadowed another forecast-beating rise in jobs creation, pushed the dollar down against the euro and yen as it complicates the Federal Reserve’s plans to hike interest rates.

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