Asian stocks fell on Friday, dragging the MSCI Asia Pacific Index to its biggest weekly decline in a month, after Nomura Holdings said it will sell new shares and US figures showed sales of existing homes unexpectedly declined a monthly 2.7% in August. Futures on the S&P500 rose 0.2% after the gauge dropped 1% on Thursday after the Fed said it would cut the size of two programmes meant to boost credit markets.
Asian markets (Fri)
02:50 BST
Nikkei225 down 305.17 (-2.89%) 10,239.05
Topix down 29.95 at (-3.11%) at 920.65
Hang Seng down 205.53 (-0.98%) at 20,845.20
US markets (Thurs)
S&P 500 down 10.09 (-0.95%) at 1,050.78
DJIA down 41.11 (-0.42%) at 9,707.44
Nasdaq down 23.81 (-1.12%)at 2,107.61
European markets (Thurs)
Eurofirst 300 down 18.72 (-1.86%) at 987.37
FTSE100 down 60.10 (-1.17%) at 5,079.27
Currencies
04:10 BST
€/$ 1.4630 (1.4726 )
$/¥ 90.91 (91.17)
£/$ 1.5924 (1.6344)
Commodities (continuous)
04:06 BST
Brent Crude (ICE) up $0.50 at $65.32
Light Crude (Nymex) up $0.43 at $66.32
100 Oz Gold (Comex) down $2.10 at $996.80
Copper (Comex) down $3.75 at $266.20
10-year government bond yields (%)
04.08 BST
US 3.38 (3.42)
UK 3.68 (3.75)
Germany 3.31 (3.37)
Japan 1.32 (1.34)
Sources: FT, Reuters, Bloomberg