Asian stocks mostly advanced on Friday as lower US jobless claims, stronger than expected Chinese industrial production figures and a higher forecast for global oil demand offset slower-than estimated growth in Japan’s. Futures on the S&P500 Index dropped 0.2% after the benchmark added 1% on Thursday.
Asian markets (Fri)
04:05 BST
Nikkei down 47.81 (-0.45%) at 10,465.86
Topix down 3.88 (-0.40%) at 954.61
Hang Seng up 94.70 (0.45%) at 21,164.26
US markets (Thurs)
S&P500 up 10.77 (1.04% at 1,033.37
DJIA up 80.26 (0.84%) at 9,497.34
Nasdaq up 23.63 (1.15%) at 2,060.39
European markets (Thurs)
Eurofirst 300 up 0.48 (0.05%) at 988.33
FTSE100 down 16.62 (-0.33%) at 4,987.68
Currencies
04:10 BST
€/$ 1.4608 (1.4551)
$/¥ 91.33 (92.16)
£/$ 1.6697 (1.6534)
Commodities (continuous)
04:15 BST
Brent Crude (ICE) up $0.55 at $70.41
Light Crude (Nymex) up $0.41 at $72.35
100 Oz Gold (Comex) up $4.10 at $1,000.90
Copper (Comex) up $3.10 at $289.05
10-year government bond yields (%)
04:05 BST
US 3.36 (3.48)
UK 3.68 (3.75)
Germany 3.30 (3.37)
Japan 1.31 (1.33)
Sources: FT, Reuters, Bloomberg