Asian
stocks dropped, following a decline in U.S. equities, after
better-than-estimated economic data bolstered the case for higher
interest rates in the world’s largest economy.
The
MSCI Asia Pacific Index lost 0.3 percent to 152.77 as of 9:01 a.m. in
Tokyo. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index sank 1 percent on Tuesday,
its biggest slide since May 5, as strong readings for U.S. capital-goods
orders and new home sales fueled bets for higher rates. Japan’s Topix
index slipped 0.3 percent today even after the yen weakened 1.3 percent
to an almost eight-year low against the dollar Tuesday. In Europe, talks
between Greece and its creditors are said to be stalling.
South
Korea’s Kospi index fell 0.6 percent. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index
retreated 0.3 percent and New Zealand’s NZX 50 Index lost 0.4 percent.
Futures
on the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, a gauge of Chinese stocks
listed in Hong Kong, added 0.4 percent in most recent trading, after the
index climbed to its highest level since January 2008 on Tuesday.
Contracts on the FTSE China A50 Index rose 0.3 percent, following a 2
percent surge in the Shanghai Composite Index for a sixth day of gains.
E-mini futures on the S&P 500 slid less than 0.1 percent today.
Source: Bloomberg
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