Global shares slip after Wall Street fall and Samsung arrest
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TOKYO — Global shares slipped Friday following a drop on Wall Street as the stronger dollar sent Japanese issues lower and the arrest of an executive at Samsung weighed on Korean stocks.
KEEPING SCORE: France’s CAC 40 slipped nearly 0.2 per cent to 4,892.25 in early trading, while Germany’s DAX fell nearly 0.1 per cent to 11,749.78. Britain’s FTSE 100 dipped 0.1 per cent to 7,270.48. U.S. shares were set to drift lower with Dow futures losing 0.1 per cent to 20,573. S&P 500 futures were down 0.1 per cent at 2,342.80.
ASIA’S DAY: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 0.6 per cent to finish at 19,234.62. South Korea’s Kospi edged down nearly 0.1 per cent to 2,080.58. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 fell nearly 0.2 per cent to 5,805.80. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng shed 0.4 per cent to 24,008.87, while the Shanghai Composite was also down 0.9 per cent at 3,202.08.
THE QUOTE: “The future outlook is clouded by rising political uncertainties and waves of anti-globalization sentiments from the U.S. and Europe. As U.S. reaches full employment and approaches closer to the Fed’s inflation target, a tighter Federal monetary policy is expected to lead to a stronger US dollar in the months ahead. This might worry investors,” says Margaret Yang Yan, market analyst at CMC Markets in Singapore.
