Asian markets stumbled on Monday amid concerns about slumping corporate profits and uncertainty as to the sustainability of recent economic “green shoots”. The MSCI index of Asian equities ex-Japan fell 1.5 per cent in late trade.
Asian markets (Mon)
04:15 BST
Nikkei down 264.67 (-2.9%) at at 9,000.35
Topix down 24.13 (2.7%) at 857.52
Hang Seng down 270.33 (-1.61%) at 16,520.37
US markets (Fri)
S&P500 down 10.19 (-1.14%) at 882.88
DJIA down 62.68 (-0.75%) at 8,268.64
Nasdaq down 9.07 (-0.54%) at 1,680.14
European markets (Fri)
FTSE100 down 14.47 (-0.33%) at 4,348.11
Eurofirst 300 up 4.23 (0.51%) at 839.94
Currencies
04:20 BST
€/$ 1.34280 (1.3642)
$/¥ 94.8200 (95.96)
£/$ 1.5238 (1.513)
Commodities
04:25 BST
Brent Crude (ICE) up $0.04 at $56.02
Light Crude (Nymex) down $0.06 at $56.28
100 Oz Gold (Comex) down $0.7 at $930.60
Copper (Comex) down $2.55 at $200.25
10-year government bond yields (%)
04:35 BST
US 3.10 (3.10)
UK 3.47 (3.48)
Germany 3.36 (3.35)
Japan 1.43 (1.44)
Sources: FT, Bloomberg