Asian shares, riskier assets fall; growth concerns in focus

TOKYO (Reuters) - Riskier assets fell broadly on Monday, dragging down Asian shares, copper and oil but the dollar strengthened as investors shifted their focus to weak economic fundamentals while monitoring progress in the euro zone debt bailout scheme. A 0.1 percent fall in U.S. stock futures suggested a soft Wall Street start and financial spreadbetters expected London's FTSE 100, Paris's CAC-40 and Frankfurt's DAX to open as much as 0.9 percent lower. The MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0. ...

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