Asian stocks climbed on Friday, paring the MSCI Asia Pacific Index’s first weekly decline in three, after Sony Corp. forecast a smaller loss than analysts expected and bank borrowing costs plunged. Futures on the S&P500 Index added 0.1% after the benchmark rose 1% on Thursday, snapping a three-day losing streak, as declining funding costs boosted bank shares.
Asian markets (Fri)
03:00 BST
Nikkei up 81.00 (0.89%) at 9,174.73
Topix up 16.02 (1.86%) at 878.68
Hang Seng down 517.93 (-3.04%) at 16,541.69
US markets (Thurs)
S&P500 up 9.15 (1.04%) at 893.07
DJIA up 46.43 (0.56%) at 8,331.32
Nasdaq up 25.02 (1.50%) at 1,689.21
European markets (Thurs)
FTSE100 up 31.21 (0.72%) at 4,362.58
Eurofirst 300 up 4.00 (0.48%) at 835.71
Currencies
03:10 BST
€/$ 1.36420 ( 1.3554)
$/¥ 95.96 (95.42)
£/$ 1.5238 (1.5116)
Commodities
03:05 BST
Brent Crude (ICE) up $0.07 at $58.66
Light Crude (Nymex) up $0.15 at $58.71
100 Oz Gold (Comex) down $2.00 at $926.40
Copper (Comex) down $0.85 at $203.50
10-year government bond yields (%)
03:50 BST
US 3. 10 (3.12)
UK 3.48 ( 3.55)
Germany 3.35 (3.34)
Japan 1.44 (1.50)
Sources: FT, Bloomberg