Trade tensions hit two-thirds of Asia300 stocks in first half

Investor sentiment also weak on capital outflow fears as US hikes rates

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ZTE has become a symbol of the U.S.-China trade fracas that is having global repercussions.

HIROSHI KOTANI, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- Trade friction between the U.S. and China was mostly to blame for the fall in two-thirds of Asia300 stocks in the first six months of 2018.

Stock prices of more than half the companies on Nikkei's list of the region's biggest and fastest-growing firms dropped for the first time in five six-month periods.

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