Asian Shares Hit by Metals Tumble, Oil
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A sharp slide in global metals  markets hammered industrial and mining stocks such as JFE  Holdings and BHP Billiton Thursday, while oil prices crawled  back toward record highs.
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Asian share markets fell on Monday  after oil hit a record above $55 a barrel, with investors  cautious ahead of earnings reports from bellwether firms IBM  and Texas Instruments later in the day.
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Asian shares retreated on Wednesday, tracking losses in U.S. stocks, and pressured by a weak dollar which sat close to a record low struck against the euro late on Tuesday.
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Asian stock markets were  slammed on Wednesday by the widening damage caused by the U.S.  subprime mortgage sector meltdown, with investors fearing more  negative surprises will emerge in the region.
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Asian share markets staged a  broad-based retreat on Wednesday, led by steelmakers amid  warnings of price declines, but also enveloping technology and  financial stocks on worries that earnings may disappoint.
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Asian shares are hit amid the growing belief that the US - the region's key export market - is sliding into recession.
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Most Asian stock markets fell after oil prices hit a record high on Thursday, reigniting worries that high energy costs will dent household incomes, raise companies' expenses and hurt global economic growth.
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Strength in tech stocks and steelmakers offset the drag of renewed dollar weakness on Asian share markets on Thursday, while gold hit a new 16-1/4-year high and oil moved back up toward &#36;50 a barrel.
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Asian stocks and currencies fell on Monday after tsunami waves triggered by the world&#39;s worst earthquake in 40 years killed nearly 15,000 people and wreaked havoc on tourist beaches.
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Asian stocks slid on Monday on gloomy U.S. jobs data, bleak earnings prospects at tech firms and high oil prices, while the Australian dollar hit a six-month peak after the coalition government was swept back to power.
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Renewed concerns about the health of the American economy sent Asian stocks sharply lower in early trading today.
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Asian stocks fell on Friday as news of the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and fears over regional political turmoil triggered a flight to less risky assets such as bonds and gold.
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Asian share markets on Wednesday tracked heavy losses on Wall Street on fears about an intensifying crisis in U.S. mortgage lending, spooking investors nursing losses from a sharp sell-off two weeks ago.
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Asian investors shrugged off a rash  of weak economic indicators on Monday to pick up stocks that  looked like weathering a downturn, while oil and metals kept  close to record prices as supply concerns continued to bite.
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Shares in Asia fell 3 percent on Monday as concerns over the health of the global economy returned to haunt stock markets, sending investors to seek safe haven government bonds.
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SINGAPORE, Feb. 6 -- Stock markets across Asia plunged on fears that a U.S. recession will cut demand for exports.
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Asian stocks slid on Monday as investors fretted over high oil prices and bleak earnings prospects at technology firms, while Australian markets cheered a resounding election win for Prime Minister John Howard.