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21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Asian shares were mixed Wednesday after Wall Street held near its record and oil prices fell following U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks that United States and Iranian officials had a “very good” meeting Tuesday on the sidelines at the United Nations.
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officials → hold → Nations
South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.5% to 7,052.75.
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Kospi → rise → 7,052.75
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng lost 0.8% to 24,896.04.
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Seng → lose → 24,896.04
The Shanghai Composite index slid 0.4% to 3,938.08.
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index → slide → 3,938.08
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 added 0.3% to 8,779.80.
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S&P → add → 8,779.80
Japan’s Nikkei 225 was closed on Wednesday for a holiday and will resume trading Thursday.
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Nikkei → close → trading
Oil prices fell and remained below $100 a barrel on Tuesday after Trump said U.S. and Iranian officials met on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York following his threat during an address to the annual gathering that the U.S. might “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a deal couldn’t be made.
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deal → fall → Republic
“Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before, maybe one of the greatest in the Middle East or even the world,” Trump said.
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Trump → make → East
“Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again?”
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I → annihilate → people
That was still elevated compared to the roughly $72 per barrel level from late February before the Iran war.
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That → compare → war
Technology stocks in Asia were volatile on Wednesday but some traded higher after U.S. technology shares gained.
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shares → trade → Wednesday
Samsung Electronics rose 2.6%, while South Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix added 0.4%.
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Hynix → rise → %
Investors have been monitoring the debate in the U.S. over whether to slow down artificial intelligence development, while AI is also expected to be high on the agenda when Trump meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington this week.
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Trump → monitor → Washington
On Tuesday, Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 edged down less than 0.1% and remained near its all-time high.
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S&P → edge → high
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.4%, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite climbed 0.5% and closed at a record high.
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composite → drop → high
Major U.S. technology stocks climbed.
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stocks → climb → ?
Nvidia shares climbed 0.7%, Advanced Micro Devices, or AMD, rose 1.3%.
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Devices → climb → ?
Broadcom added 0.5%, and Intel gained 1.7%.
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Intel → add → %
In other dealings, the U.S. dollar rose to 157.59 Japanese yen from 157.39 yen.
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dollar → rise → yen
The euro was trading at $1.1427, down from $1.1449.
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euro → trade → 1.1449
AP Business Writer Stan Choe contributed to this report.
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Choe → contribute → report