Asian stocks fell for a second day, following U.S. shares lower, as a drop in oil weighed on energy shares.
The
MSCI Asia Pacific Index lost 0.2 percent to 133.59 as of 9:01 a.m. in
Tokyo, with material and energy companies leading losses among the
regional measure’s 10 industry groups. U.S. crude traded at $40.20 a
barrel after slumping to $39.94 in the previous session amid signs of
discord between members before Friday’s OPEC meeting in Vienna. The
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index dropped 1.1 percent on Wednesday as
tumbling oil prices sparked a broader selloff in equities and Federal
Reserve Chair Janet Yellen laid the groundwork for a December
interest-rate increase by signaling higher confidence in the U.S.
economic outlook.
In
a speech at the Economic Club of Washington, Yellen also warned that
waiting too long to end the era of near-zero interest rates could force
the central bank to tighten too quickly, which would risk disrupting
financial markets and the six-year expansion.
Source: Bloomberg
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