Asian stocks were mostly lower Thursday as caution set in after a retreat on Wall Street driven by a decline in technology shares.
Asian Stocks
- Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 NIK, -1.10% declined 0.7% to 23,185.16.
- Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 XJO, -0.81% slipped nearly 1.0% to 5,866.90.
- South Korea’s Kospi 180721, -2.59% plunged 1.9% to 2,288.28.
- Hong Kong’s Hang Seng HSI, -1.82% dropped 1.4% to 23,408.88.
- The Shanghai Composite SHCOMP, -1.63% was down nearly 1.0% at 3,248.46.
Commodities
In energy trading, benchmark U.S. crude CL.1, -0.93% fell 42 cents to $39.51 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude BRN00, -0.83%, the international standard, lost 34 cents to $41.43 a barrel.
Currency Markets
- The U.S. dollar cost inched up to 105.44 Japanese yen USDJPY, -0.08% from 105.38 yen late Wednesday.
- The euro EURUSD, -0.09% was trading at $1.1661, almost unchanged from $1.1660.
