Asian stocks and US futures slid Thursday, following US and European markets down amid fresh fears that worldwide bank rescue programmes have come too late. Crude oil prices fell to 13-month lows as commodities prices tumbled across the board.
US markets (Wed)
DJIA down 733.08 at 8,577.91
Nasdaq down 150.68 at 1,628.33
S&P500 down 90.17 at 907.84
Asian markets (Thurs)
05:22am BST
Nikkei down 949.25 at 8,598.22
Topix down 77.94 at 877.57
Hang Seng down 1,209.62 at 14,788.68
European markets (Wed)
FTSE100 down 314.62 at 4,079.59
Eurofirst 300 down 62.45 at 903.67
Currencies
05.20am BST
€/$ 1.3429 (1.3582)
$/Y 100.05 (101.39)
£/$ 1.7256 (1.7433)
Commodities (updated)
Brent Crude (Nov08) down $1.02 at $69.78
Light Crude (Nov08) down $1.21 at $73.33
3M Copper 24HR down $170.00 at $4,665.00
100 Oz Gold (Dec8) up $4.50 at $843.50
10-year government bond yields (%)
US 3.94 (4.03)
UK 4.71 (4.75)
Germany 4.11 (4.10)
Japan 1.57 (1.56)
Sources: FT, Reuters