JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Asian stock markets opened mostly lower Friday (October 4th) to tracking corrections in Wall Street Thursday.
Nikkei 225 drops 1% Friday morning, while KOSPI composite slipped 0.65%. Australia’s All Ordinaries down 0.46%, while Singapore’s STI lost 0.38%.
On Thursday, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) closed lower by 0.9%, while Nasdaq composite lost 1.07%.
Gold slips 0.11% to US$1316 per ounce in Asian trading this morning, while Nymex crude oil down 0.1% to US$103.21 per barrel.