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Published in TZ Latest News 28 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Euro, stocks slide on looming Greece default

The euro fell almost 2 percent and share prices tumbled across Asia on Monday as Greece looked set to default on its debt repayment this week, forcing Athens to impose capital controls to halt bank runs. Japan’s Nikkei fell 2.1 percent while MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 1.4 percent.