Asian stocks fell on Thursday, reports Bloomberg, led by Japan’s automakers on speculation further gains in the yen will hurt export earnings, and Chinese property developers on Beijing’s move to curb property speculation. Futures on the S&P500 Index were little changed after the gauge added 0.4% on Wednesday.
Asian markets (Thurs)
04:20 GMT
Nikkei 225 down 93.21 (-0.93%) 9,911.51
Topix down 7.22 (-0.82%) at 877.72
Hang Seng down 92.74 (-0.82%) at 21,649.02
US markets (Wed)
S&P 500 up 4.00 (0.37%) at 1,095.94
DJIA up 51.08 (0.50%) at 10,337.05
Nasdaq up 10.74 (0.49%) at 2,183.73
European markets (Wed)
Eurofirst 300 down 9.81 (-0.98%) at 994.60
FTSE100 down 19.24 (-0.37%) at 5,203.89
Currencies
04:15 GMT
€/$ 1.4727 (1.4734)
$/¥ 88.03 (88.33)
£/$ 1.6272 (1.6265)
Commodities (continuous)
04:16 GMT
Brent Crude (ICE) up $0.23 at $72.62
Light Crude (Nymex) up $0.19 at $70.86
100 Oz Gold (Comex) up $8.60 at $1,129.50
Copper (Comex) down $0.85 at $311.50
10-year government bond yields (%)
04.18 GMT
US 3.42 (3.40)
UK 3.66 (3.69)
Germany 3.16 (3.16)
Japan 1.23 (1.25)
Source: FT, Bloomberg