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Asian markets skittish

AFP, Hong Kong
Asian markets were skittled on Friday as a dive on Wall Street combined with heavy profit-taking ahead of a key jobs report out of the United States.
Tokyo slumped 2.47 percent to a two-month low as a strong yen weighed on exporters, while Hong Kong was 2.77 percent off and Sydney fell 2.11 percent.
There were also big losses in Taipei and Singapore.
The Dow Jones index lost 2.09 percent Thursday on fears over jobs and manufacturing.
New claims for US unemployment benefits rose in the week to September 26 to 551,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 534,000.
And a survey of the US manufacturing sector meanwhile showed growth for the
second consecutive month in September but at a slower pace.
"Many investors have been looking to take profit given talk that valuations are now on the expensive side and doubts about the strength of the US economic recovery," said NAB Capital analyst John Kyriakopoulos.
Investors were looking ahead to a monthly report on the US labour market, which is seen as one of the best indicators of economic health.
Japanese investors also shrugged off news that the jobless rate fell to a better-than-expected 5.5 percent in August, from a record high of 5.7 percent in July. Markets had forecast a figure of 5.8 percent.
Markets in China, Seoul and India were closed for public holidays.
TOKYO: Down 2.47 per-
cent. The Nikkei-225 dropped 246.77 points to 9,731.87.
The index is at its lowest since July 22.
"We can't expect global stock markets to pick up again any time soon," Tachibana Securities analyst Kenichi Hirano told Dow Jones Newswires. "This correction may continue at least through the end of this month.”
Nikko Cordial senior strategist Tsuyoshi Kawata said: "The market had been too optimistic about economic recovery prospects."
Trading volume was at its highest level in six weeks.
Automakers lost ground with the yen's continued strength against the dollar and a slump in September US auto sales, analysts said. Toyota Motor sank 3.7 percent to close at 3,380 yen and
Honda Motor lost 3.4 percent to 2,670 yen.
HONG KONG: Down 2.77 percent. The Hang Seng Index finished down 579.76 points at 20,375.49.
TAIPEI: Down 1.77 percent. The weighted index fell 133.41 points to 7,411.88.
SINGAPORE: Down 1.99 percent. The Straits Times Index fell 52.91 points to 2,604.53.
BANGKOK: Down 0.32 percent. The Stock Exchange of Thailand dropped 2.35 points to close at 724.56.
KUALA LUMPUR: Down 0.17 percent. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index shed 2.10 points to 1,206.25.
JAKARTA: Flat. The Jakarta Composite Index rose 1.87 points to 2,479.84.
MANILA: Down 0.32 percent. The composite index fell 8.99 points to 2,820.03.