{"id":123413,"date":"2021-11-26T01:47:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T01:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=123413"},"modified":"2021-11-26T01:47:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T01:47:34","slug":"japans-nikkei-225-drops-nearly-2-as-asia-pacific-stocks-slip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/japans-nikkei-225-drops-nearly-2-as-asia-pacific-stocks-slip\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#x27;s Nikkei 225 drops nearly 2% as Asia-Pacific stocks slip"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Stocks in Japan led losses among Asia-Pacific markets in Friday trade, with the Nikkei 225 dropping almost 2%.<\/li>\n<li>Australia&#x27;s retail sales in October jumped 4.9% month-on-month, seasonally adjusted, according to official estimates released Friday.<\/li>\n<li>World Health Organization officials said Thursday they are monitoring a new Covid variant with &quot;a large number of mutations.&quot; A special meeting is scheduled for Friday to discuss its implications for vaccines and treatments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SINGAPORE \u2014 Shares in Asia-Pacific slipped in Friday morning trade, with Japanese stocks leading losses regionally.<\/p>\n<p>The Nikkei 225 in Japan dropped 1.73% as shares of Fast Retailing and SoftBank Group both declined more than 2% each while the Topix index fell 1.4%. South Korea&#x27;s Kospi dipped 0.41%.<\/p>\n<p>The S&amp;P\/ASX 200 in Australia fell 0.62%. Australia&#x27;s retail sales in October jumped 4.9% month-on-month, seasonally adjusted, according to official estimates released Friday. That was far higher than the 2.5% increase predicted in a Reuters poll.<\/p>\n<p>MSCI&#x27;s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan traded 0.2% lower.<\/p>\n<h2>Stock picks and investing trends from CNBC Pro:<\/h2>\n<p>Worried about stagflation? One expert reveals his top stock picks to play the market right now<\/p>\n<p>Goldman Sachs says these 6 energy stocks still have plenty of room to run<\/p>\n<p>Cathie Wood explains why she bought a ton more Zoom Video on the dip<\/p>\n<p>In Covid developments, World Health Organization officials said Thursday they are monitoring a new variant with &quot;a large number of mutations.&quot; A special meeting is scheduled for Friday to discuss its implications for vaccines and treatments.<\/p>\n<p>Markets in the U.S. were closed on Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday.<\/p>\n<h2>Currencies<\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of its peers, was at 96.774 \u2014 still above levels below 96.5 seen earlier in the trading week.<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese yen traded at 114.85 per dollar, still weaker than levels below 114.5 seen earlier this week. The Australian dollar was at $0.7171 following yesterday&#x27;s drop from levels above $0.72.<\/p>\n<table><\/table>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/11\/26\/asia-markets-australia-retail-sales-data-covid-currencies-oil.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stocks in Japan led losses among Asia-Pacific markets in Friday trade, with the Nikkei 225 dropping almost 2%. 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