Asian stocks fell for the fourth consecutive day, reports Bloomberg, dragging the MSCI Asia Pacific Index to its longest losing streak in more than four months, after Merrill Lynch cut its outlook on the global semiconductor industry and commodities retreated. Futures on the S&P500 Index dipped 0.1% after the index retreated 1.3% on Thursday, the most since Oct 30.
Asian markets (Fri)
03:45 GMT
Nikkei 225 down 119.88 (-1.26%) 9,429.59
Topix down 7.20 (-0.86%) at 830.51
Hang Seng down 172.45 (-0.76%) at 22,470.71
US markets (Thurs)
S&P 500 down 14.90 (1.34%) at 1,094.90
DJIA down 93.87 (0.90%) at 10,332.44
Nasdaq down36.32 (1.66%) at 2,156.82
European markets (Thurs)
Eurofirst 300 down 16.45 (-1.60%) at 1,010.71
FTSE100 down 74.43 (-1.39%) at 5,267.70
Currencies
03:40 GMT
€/$ 1.4886 (1.4913)
$/¥ 88.84 (89.06)
£/$ 1.6618 (1.6698)
Commodities (continuous)
03:42 GMT
Brent Crude (ICE) up $0.30 at $77.94
Light Crude (Nymex) up $0.20 at $77.66
100 Oz Gold (Comex) down $0.80 at $1,141.10
Copper (Comex) up $2.20 at $310.30
10-year government bond yields (%)
03.44 GMT
US 3.34 (3.36)
UK 3.66 (3.68)
Germany 3.27 (3.29)
Japan 1.30 (1.32)
Sources: FT, Reuters, Bloomberg