Most of the Asian indices are slipping today, as there is no recovery in sight as the end of the trading week came near us. We have been waiting for some additions, but right now we can only see them in Europe.
Hang Seng declined 0.4 percent.
Kospi lost 0.8 percent.
Nikkei Stock Average 225 is up by 0.65 percent.
S&P 500 futures fell 0.3 percent.
Stoxx Europe 600 grew 0.2 percent.
MSCI All-Country World lost 0.05 percent.
MSCI Emerging Market decreased 0.4 percent and fell to the lowest point in a week.
Currencies look very sleepy with dollar adding some power and euro and pound slipping after the brilliant performance yesterday.
Dollar grew 0.1 percent against the basket of six major currencies.
Euro lost 0.2 percent - $1.1384.
Pound declined 0.3 percent - $1.2778.
All of the major commodities are falling, ending the week on a very low and vey red note. Performance this bad hasn’t been seen in weeks.
WTI oil slipped 2.18 percent - $53.44.
Brent lost 0.83 percent - $62.08 per barrel.
MMBtu of natural gas lost 4.58 percent - $4.25.
Heating oil’s per-gallon price declined 1.69 percent - $193.69.
Gold is down by 0.42 percent - $1222.8 per ounce.
Silver slipped 1.57 percent - $14.4.
Platinum lost 0.63 percent - $842.18.