{"id":125569,"date":"2021-05-19T00:19:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T00:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=125569"},"modified":"2021-05-19T00:19:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T00:19:10","slug":"japans-nikkei-225-falls-nearly-2-as-asia-pacific-stocks-slip-singapore-airlines-full-year-results-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/japans-nikkei-225-falls-nearly-2-as-asia-pacific-stocks-slip-singapore-airlines-full-year-results-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#x27;s Nikkei 225 falls nearly 2% as Asia-Pacific stocks slip; Singapore Airlines&#x27; full-year results ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Singapore Airlines is set to announce its full-year results on Wednesday.<\/li>\n<li>Markets in Hong Kong and South Korea are closed on Wednesday for holidays.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SINGAPORE \u2014 Stocks in Asia-Pacific slipped in Wednesday morning trade, with some markets in the region closed for holidays.<\/p>\n<p>The Nikkei 225 in Japan fell 1.79% in early trade while the Topix index slipped 1.18%. <\/p>\n<p>Australia&#x27;s S&amp;P\/ASX 200 also declined 0.65%.<\/p>\n<p>MSCI&#x27;s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan traded 0.13% lower.<\/p>\n<p>In corporate developments, Singapore Airlines is set to announce its full-year results on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Markets in Hong Kong and South Korea are closed on Wednesday for holidays.<\/p>\n<table><\/table>\n<p>Overnight stateside, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 267.13 points to 34,060.66 while the S&amp;P 500 slipped 0.85% to close at 4,127.83. The Nasdaq Composite shed 0.56% to 13,303.64.<\/p>\n<h2>Currencies and oil<\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of its peers, was at 89.779 following a recent slip from above 90.<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese yen traded at 108.86 per dollar, having strengthened yesterday from above 109 against the greenback. The Australian dollar traded at $0.7787, higher than levels around $0.774 seen earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Oil prices slipped in the morning of Asia trading hours, with international benchmark Brent crude futures down 0.41% to $68.43 per barrel. U.S. crude futures shed 0.46% to $65.19 per barrel.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/05\/19\/asia-markets-hong-kong-south-korea-closed-for-holidays-currencies-oil.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore Airlines is set to announce its<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":125568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23054],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Japan&#x27;s Nikkei 225 falls nearly 2% as Asia-Pacific stocks slip; Singapore Airlines&#x27; full-year results ahead - Pre Coin News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/japans-nikkei-225-falls-nearly-2-as-asia-pacific-stocks-slip-singapore-airlines-full-year-results-ahead\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Japan&#x27;s Nikkei 225 falls nearly 2% as Asia-Pacific stocks slip; 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