Most Asian stocks fell on Tuesday as disappointing profit reports at Qantas and Sumitomo Realty offset Goldman Sachs’ better-than-estimated earnings. Futures on the S&P 500 slipped 0.5% after the gauge added 0.3% in New York on Monday.
Asian markets (Tues)
03:08 BST
Nikkei down 143.45 (-1.61%) at 8,780.98
Topix down 6.16 (-0.7%) at 842.81
Hang Seng up 260.37 (1.75%) at 15,161.78
US markets (Mon)
S&P500 up 2.17 (0.25%) at 858.73
DJIA down 25.57 (-0.32%) at 8,057.81
Nasdaq up 0.77 (0.05%) at 1,653.31
European markets (Thurs)
FTSE100 0.00 (0.00%) at 3,983.71
Eurofirst 300 0.00 (0.00%) at 778.39
Currencies
03:45 BST
€/$ 1.33210 (Thurs: 1.3254)
$/¥ 99.90 (99.77 )
£/$ 1.4844 (1.4716)
Commodities
03:05 BST
Brent Crude (ICE) up $0.02 at $53.1o
Light Crude (Nymex) down $0.37 at $49.68
100 Oz Gold (Comex) up $0.03 at $896.10
Copper (Comex) up 2.85 at 215.40
10-year government bond yields (%)
03:46 BST
US 2.87 (Thurs: 2.87)
UK 3.29 (” 3.35)
Germany 3.23 (” 3.21)
Japan 1.47 (” 1.48)
Sources: FT, Bloomberg