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U.S. S&P 500 futures，the world's most liquid, tumbled as much as 2.5 percent to 4-month lows in Asian trade on Tuesday as the sell-off triggered by worries about inflation showed no sign of abating, indicating Wall Street could be set for another brutal day. Futures fell to as low as 2,542, the weakest levels since early October, and 11.7 percent below their record peak of 2,878.5 touched on Jan. 29. S&P futures were last down 1.6 percent while Dow futures were last down 2.2 percent. The slide added to sharp falls over the past week. The S&P 500 index and...

Asian equity markets are expected to kick off the week with losses after a sharp sell-off in emerging-market currencies last week spooked investors. Markets in Australia are closed to observe 'Australia Day.' Trade in Japanese stock futures indicate the benchmark Nikkei is set to extend declines following Friday's 2 percent fall. Osaka futures dropped 2.7 percent to 15,020, nearly 400 points below the Nikkei's previous close.

Asian Markets Fall On Operation Twist, While Euro And Gold Remain Lower Sam Ro Sep. 21, 2011, 8:17 PM Gold Image: FinViz Asian markets opened lower after the Fed's confirmation of Operation Twist triggered a late day selloff in US markets. Japan's Nikkei is down 1.3% Korea's Kospi is down 2.7% Australia' S&P/ASX is down 1.2% News flow abroad remains light. US equity futures are trading flat. Gold remains lower. The dollar index remains higher. Check out how the USD has performed against EUR since the Fed's announcement. EUR/USD Image: FinViz

Asian leaders, markets jittery following Bush speech 03/07/2003 Associated Press HONG KONG – President Bush's warning about a possible war in Iraq spread a chill across Asia on Friday, causing stock markets to stumble amid fears that armed conflict is inevitable. Leaders and their citizens expressed opposition to a military strike on Iraq while concluding that Bush had already decided against trying to achieve a peaceful resolution to the crisis. "He's going to press ahead with a war against Iraq no matter what," said Mark Wong an employee of a Hong Kong computer company. Eddie Tong, an insurance agent in...