Asian Stocks Mostly Lower, Oil Up
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Asian shares were mostly lower on  Monday amid weak volume and as a price war for Nippon Telegraph  and Telephone Corp.'s fixed-line business sent its shares  tumbling 5.7 percent.
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Oil prices were little changed on Monday as investors focused on Asian stock market gains, setting aside for now worries of a potential U.S. economic recession that had knocked prices 3 percent lower late last week.
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SINGAPORE--Crude oil prices fell in Asian trading Monday as investors discounted initial worries over the prospects for a cold winter in the northern hemisphere and rising violence in Iraq, dealers said.
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Technology stocks led Asian shares  lower on Tuesday as investors reacted to evidence that Japan's  recovery was slowing and analysts cited risks in the outlook  for tech bellwether Intel Corp.
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Asian stocks struggled to make gains  on Friday and the yen inched off lows against the euro and the  dollar as investors fretted about the health of the U.S.  economy ahead of the release of closely watched jobs data.
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Asian investors took advantage of a pause in climbing oil prices on Thursday to buy beaten-down technology stocks, autos and other exporters, snapping a nine-session losing streak by Japan's key stock index.
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Asian stocks fell more than 2 percent on Wednesday as oil prices topped $100 a barrel, rekindling inlfation fears.
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Asian stocks edged down on Tuesday as a reduced sales forecast by the world's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart, stoked concerns of slower economic growth and offset relief from lower oil prices.
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Asian shares dipped on Thursday, as tech shares followed U.S. counterparts lower after an influential investment bank downgraded the sector.
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Weak tech stocks dragged Asian shares lower on Thursday, outweighing the positive impact on exporters of a dollar rebound, and knocking 1.2 percent off Tokyo shares to threaten the biggest one-day fall since Nov. 22.
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Asian shares were mostly lower on Tuesday, pulled down by technology stocks following worries about a sales forecast from bellwether Intel Corp. and unexpectedly flat industrial output in Japan.
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Asian shares fell on Tuesday as a soft dollar and concerns about weak holiday spending in the key U.S. market prompted investors to unload shares in exporters such as Samsung Electronics  and Honda
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Weak tech stocks dragged Asian shares  lower on Thursday, outweighing the positive impact on exporters  of a dollar rebound, and knocking 1.2 percent off Tokyo shares  to threaten the biggest one-day fall since Nov. 22.
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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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Oil prices were slightly lower in Asian trading on easing concerns over supply disruptions but were still hovering near record highs, dealers said.
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Asian stocks slumped to a two-week low on Monday, extending a poor start in 2008, after weak U.S. jobs data heightened fears of recession in the region's top export market, while bond prices rose as investors sought safety.
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Asian stocks mostly rose on Monday,  as steel makers such as POSCO gained on the prospect of global  industry consolidation, but Japan&#039;s Nikkei closed lower amid  jitters ahead of industrial output data.