Asian stocks and US index futures fell on Wednesday amid concerns about the results of US stress tests on the 19 biggest US banks and reports that Bank of America had the greatest need for new capital. S&P500 Index futures slid 1% after the gauge lost 0.4% on Tuesday.
Asian markets (Wed – Japan closed)
03:00 BST
Nikkei (Fri) up 149.11 (1.69%) at 8,977.37
Topix (Fri) up 9.06 (1.08%) at 846.85
Hang Seng (Wed) down 101.96 (-0.62%) at 16,328.12
US markets (Tues)
S&P500 down 3.44 (-0.38%) at 903.80
DJIA down 16.09 (-0.19%) at 8,410.65
Nasdaq down 9.44 (-0.54%) at 1,754.12
European markets (Tues)
FTSE100 up 2.21 (93.72%) at 4,336.94
Eurofirst 300 up 4.11 (0.49%) at 846.81
Currencies
03:10 BST
€/$ 1.3249 ( 1.3387)
$/¥ 98.15 (98.77)
£/$ 1.5008 (1.5001)
Commodities
03:05 BST
Brent Crude (ICE) down $0.12 at $54.00
Light Crude (Nymex) down $0.18 at $53.66
100 Oz Gold (Comex) down $4.30 at $900.00
Copper (Comex) up $2.05 at $210.50
10-year government bond yields (%)
03:50 BST
US 3.17 (3.15)
UK 3.55 ( 3.55)
Germany 3.21 ( 3.25)
Japan 1.40 (1.40)
Sources: FT, Bloomberg