Asian stocks rose for the third consecutive day on Friday, as improved economic indicators pointed to an easing of the US recession and metal prices jumped the most in 10 days. US stocks gained modestly after data that May retail sales rose for the first time in three months, and initial jobless claims declined last week to the lowest level since January.
Asian markets (Fri)
03:10 BST
Nikkei up 95.79 (0.96%) at 10,077.12
Topix up 6.22 (0.66%) at 946.87
Hang Seng up 224.98 (1.20%) at 19,016.01
US markets (Thurs)
S&P500 up 5.74 (0.61%) at 944.89
DJIA up 31.90 (0.37%) at 8,770.92
Nasdaq up 9.29 (0.50%) at 1,862.37
European markets (Thurs)
Eurofirst 300 up 7.80 (0.89%) at 887.78
FTSE100 up 25.12 (0.57%) at 4,461.87
Currencies
03:45 BST
€/$ 1.4105 (1.3997)
$/¥ 97.69 (98.21)
£/$ 1.6568 (1.6366)
Commodities
04:00 BST
Brent Crude (ICE) down $0.29 at $71.50
Light Crude (Nymex) down $0.26 at $72.42
100 Oz Gold (Comex) down $4.30 at $957.70
Copper (Comex) down$1.95 at $242.55
10-year government bond yields (%)
04:05 BST
US 4.03 (3.94)
UK 3.83 (3.91)
Germany 3.70 (3.69)
Japan 1.54 (1.55)
Sources: FT, Bloomberg