ASIAN STOCK

Asian stocks fell, with the regional benchmark index capping its biggest weekly loss this year, after the Federal Reserve damped expectations for more monetary easing and on renewed concern Europe’s debt crisis will weigh on economic growth, damping the outlook for Asian exporters.

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U.S.STOCK

U.S. stock futures fell, signaling more Standard & Poor’s 500 Index losses following the biggest weekly retreat of the year, as the dollar declined while Treasuries and gold rose after American employers added fewer jobs than forecast in March.

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S&P

S&P 500 futures fell 16.2 points, or 1.2 percent, to 1374, suggesting a weak open on Monday.

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FTSE

The FTSEurofirst 300 index fell 0.5%, pulling the MSCI world equity index down 0.1%.

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U.S.TREASURIES

The benchmark 10-year note yield fell this week 15 basis points, or 0.15 percentage point, to 2.05 percent in New York.

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NIKKEI

The benchmark Nikkei dropped 0.8 percent to 9,688.45, falling for a fourth consecutive session. The index was off 3.9 percent on the week, its worst weekly performance since the week of Aug. 1-5 when it shed 5.4 percent.

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DOLLAR

The dollar was off 0.95 percent to 81.51 yen, for a loss of about 1.7 percent for the week.

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EURO

The euro rose 0.26 percent to $1.3097, bouncing from a three-week low of $1.3033 hit the previous session, according to Reuters data.

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BRENT CRUDE

Brent crude futures climbed 0.89 percent to settle at $123.43 a barrel.

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U.S.CRUDE

U.S. crude jumped 1.81 percent to settle at $103.31.

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OIL

Oil rose on Thursday after two straight days of losses on firm U.S. data and fears of Iran-related supply disruptions.

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SPOT SILVER

Spot silver inched up 0.2 percent to $31.72, extending a 1.1-percent rise in the previous session. The metal is on course for a weekly fall of 1.5 percent.

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SHANGHAI COPPER

The most active July copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange inched up 0.8 percent to 60,440 yuan ($9,600)per tonne by the midday close, after Thursday’s drop of 0.7 percent on the ShFE and a modest 0.1 percent uptick on the LME.

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COPPER

Copper has benefited from signs of an improving economy and in the week to April 3, speculators raised their copper longs for a twelth week in a row.

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SPOT GOLD

Spot gold has rebounded from that level to trade at $1,629.79 per ounce at 0708 GMT, but is still on course for a 2.3 percent weekly decline, snapping two straight weeks of gains.

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GOLD

Gold ticked higher to $1,637.99 an ounce in thin trade on Friday but ended down 1.8 percent on the week.

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U.S.MARKET UPDATE

U.S. stock futures fell more than 1 percent and Treasuries prices rallied after U.S. payrolls grew by 120,000 in March, far below the expected gain of 203,000 jobs.

The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 14.61 points, or 0.11 percent, to 13,060.14 at the close. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index dipped 0.88 of a point, or 0.06 percent, to 1,398.08. But the Nasdaq Composite Index gained 12.41 points, or 0.40 percent, to 3,080.50.

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U.S.STOCK

U.S. stocks fell for a second day on Wednesday as investors contemplated a world without monetary stimulus and a poorly received bond auction in Spain suggested the effects of Europe’s funding operations were waning.

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S&P

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index lost 14.42 points, or 1.02 percent, at 1,398.96.

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U.S.TREASURIES

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday that a slower pace of growth in China’s economy was no cause for alarm, adding that it had been growing too rapidly for its own good.

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NIKKEI

The Nikkei had dropped 0.9 percent to 9,727.99, on track for its third-straight losing day after sliding 2.3 percent on Wednesday, its worst day in five months.

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YEN

The yen rose 0.2 percent on the dollar to 82.26 as traders trimmed their short yen positions ahead of the Easter holidays and the all-important U.S. jobs data on Friday.

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