Asian stocks fell on Friday and bonds climbed as oil prices declined amid concerns that the global economic recovery will falter, reports Bloomberg. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index lost 0.3% to 117.48 late morning in Tokyo, paring a weekly advance to 1 percent. Futures on the S&P500 Index were little changed after the gauge fell 1.03% on Thursday.
Asian markets (Fri)
04:15 GMT
Nikkei 225 down 23.27 (-0.24%) 9,781.22
Topix down 0.24 (-0.03%) at 867.46
Hang Seng up 68.59 (0.31%) at 22,466.16
US markets (Thurs)
S&P 500 down 11.27 (-1.03%) at 1,087.24
DJIA down 93.79 (-0.91%) at 10,197.47
Nasdaq down 17.88 (-0.83%) at 2,149.02
European markets (Thurs)
Eurofirst300 up 1.04 (0.10%) at 1,014.91
FTSE100 up 9.75 (0.19%) at 5,276.50
Currencies
04:08 GMT
€/$ 1.4866 (1.5008)
$/¥ 90.24 (89.80)
£/$ 1.6602 (1.6603)
Commodities (continuous)
04:10 GMT
Brent Crude (ICE) down $0.02 at $76.75
Light Crude (Nymex) down $0.04 at $76.90
100 Oz Gold (Comex) down $1.20 at $1,105.40
Copper (Comex) up $1.15 at $295.90
10-year government bond yields (%)
04.08 GMT
US 3.44 (3.45)
UK 3.77 (3.75)
Germany 3.37 (3.35)
Japan 1.35 (1.41)
Sources: FT, Reuters, Bloomberg