Saturday, July 04, 2009

Global Market


Asia stocks slip, drop limited after U.S. data

HONG KONG: Asian stocks retreated on Friday and the dollar edged up after a

disappointingly big drop in U.S. employment prompted investors to pull back from

commodities, resource-linked shares and higher-yielding currencies
.

But the equity market decline across Asia was limited as the report showing that U.S.

companies slashed nearly half a million jobs in June did not shake hopes that a slow

recovery is under way.

The Australian dollar
, whose 12 percent surge against the U.S. dollar this year has been closely tied to the

four-month rally in stocks, edged up as the U.S. payrolls report had limited fallout.

Analysts at Rabobank said the U.S. jobs report was a "reality check" for investors who had

become overly optimistic about how quickly the global economy could recover from its

deepest recession in decades.

Source:http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Asia+stocks+slip,+drop+lim

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