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| Asian shares lower on oil price slump | Asian shares lower on oil price slump |
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| Asian shares fell again on Thursday as falling oil prices continued to fuel global growth fears. | Asian shares fell again on Thursday as falling oil prices continued to fuel global growth fears. |
| Crude oil prices fell as much as 5% overnight on weak US demand and Saudi Arabia reaffirming that it has no plans to curb output. | Crude oil prices fell as much as 5% overnight on weak US demand and Saudi Arabia reaffirming that it has no plans to curb output. |
| Added to that, a key gauge of Japan's capital spending fell for the first time in five months in October. | Added to that, a key gauge of Japan's capital spending fell for the first time in five months in October. |
| Core machinery orders fell 6.4% month on month, well below forecasts of a 2.4% decline. | Core machinery orders fell 6.4% month on month, well below forecasts of a 2.4% decline. |
| That led the benchmark Nikkei 225 down 0.9% to 17,256.76, pulling the index further away from the seven-and-a-half year highs hit at the beginning of this week. | |
| The dollar was down to 118.09 yen, continuing its retreat from a seven-year high of 121.86 hit on Monday. | |
| Rest of Asia | |
| China shares opened lower following Wall Street's sharp losses overnight with the S&P 500 falling to its lowest since early November. | |
| In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index fell 1.3% to 23,219.97, while the Shanghai Composite was down 0.3% at 2,906.31. | |
| Australian shares were lower on a mixed jobs report after data showed that the economy added more jobs than expected. | Australian shares were lower on a mixed jobs report after data showed that the economy added more jobs than expected. |
| But, the unemployment rate still hit a decade high of 6.3% - the highest since 2002. | But, the unemployment rate still hit a decade high of 6.3% - the highest since 2002. |
| The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 was 0.2% lower at 5,249.9 points. | |
| In South Korea, shares were down after the country's central bank kept interest rates unchanged for a second consecutive month, in line with expectations. | In South Korea, shares were down after the country's central bank kept interest rates unchanged for a second consecutive month, in line with expectations. |
| The Kospi index was down 0.8% at 1,930.92 points. |