Asian stocks fell for the first time in five days on Friday, led by automakers and mining shares, on concern a two-month rally had made stocks expensive relative to earnings prospects. Futures on the S&P500 Index climbed 0.6% after the gauge fell 1.3% on Thursday from a four-month high, led by financial, telephone and technology shares.
Asian markets (Fri)
03:00 BST
Nikkei down 4.62 (-0.05%) at 9,381.08
Topix down 1.14 (-0.13%) at 884.79
Hang Seng down -192.01 (-1.12%) at 17,025.88
US markets (Thurs)
S&P500 down 12.14 (-1.32%) at 907.39
DJIA down 102.43 (-1.20%) at 8,409.85
Nasdaq down 42.86 (-2.44%) at 1,716.24
European markets (Thurs)
FTSE100 up 2.19 (0.05%) at 4,396.68
Eurofirst 300 down 7.18 (-0.84%) at 851.37
Currencies
03:10 BST
€/$ 1.3358 ( 1.3313)
$/¥ 99.12 (98.68)
£/$ 1.4973 (1.5147)
Commodities
03:05 BST
Brent Crude (ICE) up $0.68 at $57.15
Light Crude (Nymex) up $0.48 at $57.19
100 Oz Gold (Comex) down $2.10 at $913.40
Copper (Comex) down $0.70 at $215.85
10-year government bond yields (%)
03:50 BST
US 3.32 (3.19)
UK 3.67 ( 3.60)
Germany 3.40 ( 3.23)
Japan 1.44 (1.41)
Sources: FT, Bloomberg