A global equities selloff extended into Asian trading and European stock index futures fell after a slide in oil prices added to reasons for investors to tread carefully ahead of next week’s central bank meetings in the U.S. and Japan.
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index was down 0.3 percent as of 7:15 a.m. London time. Japan’s Topix index lost ground for the seventh day in a row, led by declines in real-estate shares, and benchmarks in the Philippines and Singapore fell to their lowest levels since June.
Japan's Nikkei share average fell to near three-week low on Thursday as uncertainty over the Bank Of Japan's policy review next week continued to take a toll on banking stocks.
The Nikkei fell 1.5 percent to 16,359.78 in midmorning trade, the lowest since Aug. 26 and dropped 1.3 percent to 16,405.01, the lowest closing level since Aug. 26.
Reference: Bloomberg, Reuters
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