Asian stock markets and commodities retreated on Tuesday while the yen pushed higher as fresh concerns on Wall Street, more bleak US corporate news and a souring economic outlook took the steam out of investor hopes sparked by Monday’s news of China’s massive stimulus plan.
Asian markets (Tues)
5:20am BST
Nikkei down 216.37 at 8,865.06
Topix down 21.70 at 894.86
Hang Seng down 87.48 at 14,657.15
US markets (Mon)
DJIA down 73.27 at 8,870.54
Nasdaq down 30.66 at 1,616.74
S&P500 down 11.78 at 910.21
European markets (Mon)
FTSE100 up 38.96 at 4,403.92
Eurofirst 300 up 7.85 at 922.48
Currencies
5:22am BST
€/$ 1.2725 (1.2877)
$/¥ 97.98 (98.77)
£/$ 1.5671 (1.5823)
Commodities (updated)
5:23am BST
Brent Crude (Dec08) down 1.78 at 57.30
Light Crude (Dec 08) down 1.37 at 61.04
100 Oz Gold (Dec08) down 1.40 at 747.90
3M 24HR Copper down 10.00 at 3,880.00
10-year government bond yields (%)
US 3.76 (3.82)
UK 4.19 (4.19)
Germany 3.67 (3.67)
Japan 1.50 (1.52)
Sources: FT, Reuters