& çâÌæÚUæð´ ·¤è ¥ôÚU Îð¹Ùæ ÁæÚUè ÚU¹ð´ ¥ÍæüÌ ¥ÂÙð ÜÿØ ÂÚU ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´Ð ãæÚU Ù ×æÙð´, €UØô´ç·¤ ·¤æ× ·¤ÚUÙð âð ¥æÂ·¤ô ©gðàØ ·¤è Âýæç# ãôÌè ãñ ¥õÚU ÁèßÙ ·¤æ ¹æÜèÂÙ ÎêÚU ãôÌæ ãñÐ ÖÜð ãè ÁèßÙ ×ð´ ç·¤ÌÙè Öè ·¤çÆÙæ§ü €UØô´ Ù ¥æ°, çÁ™ææâæ ¥õÚU ©ˆâæã ÕÙæ° ÚU¹ð´Ð ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´, ÜÿØ ã×ðàææ ¥æÂ·Ô¤ Âæâ ãôÌð ãñ´ çÁ‹ãð´ ÂæÙð ·Ô¤ çÜ° ÂýØæâ ¥æÂ ·¤Öè Öè àæéM¤ ·¤ÚU â·¤Ìð ãñ´Ð

Asian stocks mostly down

AFP, Hong Kong
Asian stocks closed mostly down Thursday as some markets tumbled to their lowest levels for years after a recordbreaking surge in oil prices deepened fears for the world economy.
Japanese shares edged down 0.16 percent, falling for the 11th consecutive session in their longest such losing streak since the 1950s, while Australia's market suffered a steep, 1.9 percent tumble to its lowest close since 2006.
Investors took fright after oil crashed through 145 dollars per barrel and then the 146 dollar level for the first time Thursday, threatening higher inflation that could hit consumers, business profits and economic growth.
Indian stock market fell more than four percent, continuing a volatile week in a desperately poor year for the Mumbai bourse. Hong Kong fell over two percent but bruised Chinese stocks rallied about the same amount.
Taiwan rose ahead of historic direct flights between the island and mainland China
due from Friday, as previously frosty relations between the rivals thaw. But Singapore and South Korea ended in the red.
Apart from inflation, investors were also worried about the sharp economic slowdown in the US, a key buyer of Asian goods and services, and were looking ahead to important US employment data due later Thursday.
Hailing on Malaysia's stock exchange was called off for the entire session Thursday due to a technical failure.
T OKYO: Japanese shares fell for an 11th straight session, the longest losing streak in half a century, on worries about tire health of the global economy and high oil prices, dealers said.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei-225 index dropped 20.97 points or 0.16 percent to end at 13,265.40. The broader Topix index of all first-section shares slipped 3.13 points or 0.24 percent to 1,298.02.
HONG KONG: Hong Kong shares closed 2.13 percent lower, dealers said.
The Hang Seng Index closed down 461.67 points to 21,242.78. Turnover was 75.81
billion Hong Kong dollars (9.72 billion US).
SHANGHAI: Chinese share prices closed 1.95 percent higher, dealers said.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A and B shares, closed up 51.80 points at 2,703.53.
TAIPEI: Taiwan share prices closed up 0.55 percent, dealers said.
The weighted index closed up 40.24 points at 7,394.10 on an expanded turnover of 120.0 billion Taiwan dollars (3.97 billion US),
SINGAPORE: Singapore share prices closed 0.89 percent lower, dealers said.
The blue-chip Straits Times Index fell 25.78 points to 2,880.45.
Volume totalled 1.14 billion shares worth 1.45 billion Singapore dollars (1.06 billion US).
"Unless we see some stabilisation in oil prices, the market is likely to remain volatile for the time being," said Westcomb in a note, adding "fear over increasing oil prices has dominated tire whole market these few weeks."
KUALA LUMPU R: TYading on
Malaysia's stock exchange was called off for the entire session due to a technical failure,
Thai shares closed 2.35 percent lower, dealers said.
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index plunged 17.86 points to close at 742.15 points, while the blue-chip SET-50 index lost 14.30 points to close at 527.46.
JAKARTA: Indonesian shares closed 3.9 percent lower, deal erssaid.
The Jakarta Composite Index fell 91.86 points to 2,286.61.
MANILA: Philippine share prices closed 2.3 percent lower, dealers said.
The composite index shed 54.06 points to 2,339.84, a fresh 22-month trough.
MUMBAI: Indian shares tumbled to close 4.18 percent lower, dealers said.
The benchmark Mumbai 30-share Sensex index fell 570.51 points to 13,094.11, after gaining 5.42 percent on Wednesday.
"Rising oil prices and concerns of higher inflation data on Friday have spooked investors," said Atul Hatwar, dealer with brokerage Crosseas Securities.