Asian stocks fluctuated on Thursday, reports Bloomberg, as share-sale concerns and the dollar’s slump to a 14-year low against the yen overshadowed advances by commodity and technology companies. Futures on the US S&P500 Index lost 0.2% after the gauge added 5% on Wednesday. US markets are closed on Thursday for Thanksgiving.
Asian markets (Thurs)
04:20 GMT
Nikkei 225 down 51.11 (-0.54%) 9,390.53
Topix down 3.28 (0.39%) at 830.01
Hang Seng down 229.06 (-1.01%) at 22,382.74
US markets (Wed)
S&P 500 up 4.98 (0.45%) at 1,110.63
DJIA up 30.69 (0.29%) at 10,464.40
Nasdaq up 6.87 (0.32%) at 2,176.05
European markets (Wed)
Eurofirst 300 up 5.29 (0.52%) at 1,021.95
FTSE100 up 40.85 (0.77%) at 5,364.81
Currencies
04:17 GMT
€/$ 1.5110 (1.4986)
$/¥ 86.74 (88.26)
£/$ 1.6693 (1.6611)
Commodities (continuous)
04:15 GMT
Brent Crude (ICE) down $0.34 at $78.10
Light Crude (Nymex) down $0.47 at $77.49
100 Oz Gold (Comex) up $6.10 at $1,193.10
Copper (Comex) up $0.95 at $317.45
10-year government bond yields (%)
04.18 GMT
US 3.27 (3.30)
UK 3.63 (3.65)
Germany 3.25 (3.25)
Japan 1.31 (1.31)
Sources: FT, Reuters, Bloomberg