Asian stocks were mixed on Thursday after key US and European markets fell Wednesday amid growing fears that the $700bn US plan to bail out banks would not be finalised soon enough to limit damage to the global economy. Here are the latest figures:
US markets (Wed)
DJIA down 29.00 at 10,825.17
Nasdaq up 2.35 at 2,155.68
S&P500 down 2.35 at 1,185.87
Asian markets (Thurs)
05:12am BST
Nikkei down 156.24 at 11,958.79
Topix down 17.41 at 1,150.56
Hang Seng up 122.19 at 19,084.18
European markets (Wed)
FTSE100 down 40.55 at 5,095.57
Eurofirst 300 down 6.94 at 1,101.60
Currencies
05.11am BST
€/$ 1.4702 (1.4678)
$/Y 105.84 (105.65)
£/$ 1.8559 (1.8529)
Commodities (updated)
Brent Crude (Nov08) up $0.16 at $102.61
Light Crude (Nov08) up $0.15 at $105.88
3M Copper 24HR up $27.00 at $6,942.00
100 Oz Gold (Dec8) down $0.30 at $894.70
10-year government bond yields (%)
US 3.81 (3.81)
UK 4.57 (4.66)
Germany 4.16 (4.24)
Japan 1.48 (1.48)
Sources: FT, Reuters