Most Asian stocks declined on Thursday as lower commodities prices dragged down materials producers, overshadowing better-than-expected earnings at Honda and Nissan. Futures on the S&P500 climbed 0.2% after the benchmark dipped 0.5% on Wednesday as a drop in Chinese equities hurt investor sentiment.
Asian markets (Thurs)
04:10 BST
Nikkei up 3.25 (0.03%) at 10,116.49
Topix up 0.23 (0.02%) at 930.59
Hang Seng down 105.07 (-0.52%) at 20,030.43
US markets (Wed)
S&P500 down 4.47 (-0.46%) at 975.15
DJIA down 26.00 (-0.29%) at 9,070.72
Nasdaq down 7.75 (-0.39%) at 1,967.76
European markets (Wed)
Eurofirst 300 up 7.82 (0.87%) at 910.67
FTSE100 up 18.69 (0.41%) at 4,547.53
Currencies
04:00 BST
€/$ 1.4059 (1.4176)
$/¥ 94.99 (94.44)
£/$ 1.6393 (1.6441)
Commodities
04:05 BST
Brent Crude (ICE) down $0.06 at $66.47
Light Crude (Nymex) down $0.37 at $62.98
100 Oz Gold (Comex) up $2.80 at $930.00
Copper (Comex) down $0.25 at $247.50
10-year government bond yields (%)
04:12 BST
US 3.67 (3.67)
UK 3.98 (3.94)
Germany 3.44 (3.44)
Japan 1.39 (1.38)
Sources: FT, Bloomberg