JAKARTA: Asian stock markets were broadly lower on Monday, with the exemption of Hong Kong, taking signals from a worst end on Wall Street previous week after December’s non-farm payrolls statement gave a mixed outlook of the economy.
U.S. stocks closed lower on Friday, pulling benchmarks back into the red for the year, as the December jobs report topped expectations but hourly earnings declined. Figures from the Labor Department showed the U.S. economy added 252,000 to payrolls last month, after generating an unexpectedly strong 353,000 jobs in November. The unemployment rate, meanwhile, dropped to 5.6 percent.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended down 1 percent, while the S&P 500 shed 0.8 percent. The tech-heavy Nasdaq declined 0.9 percent.
European stock markets slide at open 25 june 2018
London:Europe's main stock markets dropped 0.7 percent in opening deals on Monday, as investors worried over the festering global trade...
