Asian stocks rose on Monday, reports Bloomberg, after G20 governments agreed to maintain stimulus efforts and Axa and AMP made the region’s biggest takeover offer this year. Treasuries and the dollar fell. Futures on the S&P500 Index rose 0.33% on Monday after the gauge eased 0.25% on Friday.
Asian markets (Mon)
04:00 GMT
Nikkei 225 up 27.94 (0.29%) 9,817.29
Topix down 3.21 (-0.37%) at 870.82
Hang Seng up 231.07 (1.06%) at 22,060.79
US markets (Fri)
S&P 500 up 2.67 (0.25%) at 1,069.30
DJIA up 17.47 (0.17%) at 10,023.42
Nasdaq up 7.12 (0.34%) at 2,112.44
European markets (Fri)
Eurofirst 300 up 2.00 (0.20%) at 992.53
FTSE100 up 17.08 (0.33%) at 5,142.72
Currencies
03:55GMT
€/$ 1.49080 (1.4869)
$/¥ 90.16 (90.61)
£/$ 1.6611 (1.6586)
Commodities (continuous)
04:03 GMT
Brent Crude (ICE) up $0.89 at $76.76
Light Crude (Nymex) up $0.87 at $78.30
100 Oz Gold (Comex) up $5.10 at $1,100.80
Copper (Comex) up $3.15 at $298.40
10-year government bond yields (%)
04.04 GMT
US 3.52 (3.53)
UK 3.88 (3.85)
Germany 3.34 (3.34)
Japan 1.46 (1.45)
Sources: FT, Reuters, Bloomberg