Asia markets summary

Asian markets at 5am Irish time:

Stocks:

-Bangkok: SET index 357.86 (down 3.63 pts)

-Bombay: BSE-30 index 3,116.49 (down 14.85 pts)

-Hong Kong: Hang Seng index 9,657.44 (down 238.89 pts)

-Jakarta: Composite index 421.286 (down 6.897 pts)

-Kuala Lumpur: KLSE Composite index 685.87 (down 8.24 pts)

-Manila: Composite index 1,153.84 (up 8.41 pts)

-Seoul: Composite index 718.38 (down 20.84 pts)

-Shanghai: A index 1,694.84 (down 0.49 pts)

B index 148.05 (down 0.24 pts)

-Singapore: Straits Times index 1,423.33 (down 10.10 pts)

-Sydney: All Ords index 3,074.5 (down 16.4 pts)

-Taipei: Weighted index 4,576.50 (down 70.87 pts)

-Tokyo: Nikkei 225 index 9,201.25 (down 213.98 pts)

-Gold: 318.50-$319.00 (Hong Kong)

-Dollar/yen: 119.88

-Euro/dollar: 0.9822

-Japanese govt bonds 241: yielding 1.010%

-Japanese govt bonds 240: yielding 0.985%