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Equity benchmarks in Japan and Australia fell alongside Hong Kong share futures while Taiwan’s markets will be closed Thursday as Typhoon Khanun approaches, according to a statement from the stock exchange.
Bitcoin fell 0.1% to $29 083.38.
A gauge of Asian stocks headed for its first advance this week as a rally in Japanese shares provided a counterweight to global markets facing the prospect of further interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.
(Bloomberg) -- US and European equity futures fell Thursday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned of further rate hikes and as investors awaited a swathe of central bank decisions from the UK to Norway and Switzerland. Futures for the Euro Stoxx 50 fell around 0.9% to place the region-wide benchmark on track for a fourth consecutive session of declines. Contracts for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 also drifted lower after the two benchmarks fell for a third consecutive session Wednesday. The action precedes a busy day for central banks, with monetary policymakers in England, Switzerland...
Bitcoin rose 0.9% to $30 248.63.