Asian stocks mostly fell on Tuesday, led down by Japanese banks, after figures showed the country’s lending growth slowed. Technology and commodity companies advanced as computer memory prices and metal prices rose. The MSCI World Index of 23 developed countries advanced 0.9% on Monday while US and Canadian markets were closed for Labor Day holidays.
Asian markets (Tues)
04:15 BST
Nikkei down 3.75 (-0.04%) at 10,317.19
Topix down 3.32 (-0.35%) at 941.28
Hang Seng up 167.09 (0.81%) at 20,796.40
US markets (Mon – closed for holiday)
S&P500 (Fri) up 13.16 (1.31%) at 1,016.40
DJIA (Fri) up 96.66 (1.03%) at 9,441.27
Nasdaq (Fri) up 35.58 (1.79%) at 2,018.78
European markets (Mon)
Eurofirst 300 up 13.16 (1.40%) at 975.90
FTSE100 up 81.48 (1.68%) at 4,933.18
Currencies
04:02 BST
€/$ 1.4334 (1.4326)
$/¥ 92.81 (93.16)
£/$ 1.6340 (1.6384)
Commodities (continuous)
03:55 BST
Brent Crude (ICE) up $0.50 at $67.03
Light Crude (Nymex) up $0.20 at $68.20
100 Oz Gold (Comex) up $0.70 at $997.70
Copper (Comex) up $2.50 at $286.00
10-year government bond yields (%)
04:05 BST
US 3.43 (3.43)
UK 3.64 (3.59)
Germany 3.23 (3.25)
Japan 1.35 (1.35)
Sources: FT, Reuters, Bloomberg