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Asia Stocks Drop After Report of Israeli Missile Strike on Iran -- Update

April 18, 2024 at 10:38 pm EDT

By Kosaku Narioka

Stock markets in Asia fell while safe-haven currencies such as the yen and the Swiss franc strengthened sharply following an ABC News report that Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran.

The Nikkei Stock Average was recently 3.0% lower at 36928.67. The dollar fell to as low as 153.97 yen from the day's high of Y154.67. The euro dropped to as low as 0.9618 franc from CHF0.9722.

Singapore's stock benchmark FTSE Straits Times Index reversed earlier gains and was recently down 0.4% at 3174.00. South Korea's Kospi extended losses and was last down 2.7% at 2563.29.

Front-month Brent crude oil futures were up 3.0% at $89.73 per barrel, reversing earlier losses.

Write to Kosaku Narioka at kosaku.narioka@wsj.com

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04-18-24 2237ET

Stocks mentioned in the article

Add to a list Add to a list 0 selected To use this feature you must be a member Log in Sign up	Price	Change	5d. change	Capi.
NIKKEI 225	38,274 PTS	-0.34%	+1.92%	-
TOPIX INDEX	2,732 PTS	+0.08%	+0.77%	-
KOSPI COMPOSITE INDEX	2,692 PTS	+0.17%	+2.63%	-
S&P GSCI BRENT CRUDE INDEX	713.3 PTS	+0.44%	-3.71%	-
S&P GSCI CRUDE OIL INDEX	435 PTS	+0.39%	-4.15%	-
BRITISH POUND / JAPANESE YEN	195.5 JPY	+0.16%	+1.06%	-
EURO / JAPANESE YEN	167.2 JPY	+0.19%	+0.62%	-
US DOLLAR / JAPANESE YEN	156 JPY	+0.18%	+0.44%	-
CANADIAN DOLLAR / JAPANESE YEN	113.7 JPY	+0.21%	+0.33%	-
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR / JAPANESE YEN	101.9 JPY	+0.24%	+1.02%	-
NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR / JAPANESE YEN	92.46 JPY	+0.15%	+0.31%	-
BRENT CRUDE OIL SPOT	83.7 USD	+0.18%	-4.93%	-
WTI	79.08 USD	+0.23%	-4.26%	-
DANISH KRONE / SWISS FRANC	13.17 CHF	+0.03%	+0.40%	-
HONG KONG DOLLAR / SWISS FRANC	11.72 CHF	+0.07%	+0.38%	-
INDIAN RUPEE / JAPANESE YEN	1.872 JPY	-0.92%	+0.44%	-
BRITISH POUND / US DOLLAR	1.253 USD	-0.01%	+0.61%	-
BRITISH POUND / EURO	1.169 EUR	-0.02%	+0.40%	-
BRITISH POUND / SWISS FRANC	1.149 CHF	+0.04%	+0.84%	-
EURO / US DOLLAR	1.072 USD	+0.01%	+0.16%	-
EURO / SWISS FRANC	0.9824 CHF	+0.04%	+0.42%	-
US DOLLAR / EURO	0.9331 EUR	-0.01%	-0.16%	-
US DOLLAR / SWISS FRANC	0.9167 CHF	+0.03%	+0.25%	-
CANADIAN DOLLAR / US DOLLAR	0.7288 USD	+0.03%	-0.11%	-
CANADIAN DOLLAR / EURO	0.6801 EUR	+0.03%	-0.28%	-
SINGAPORE DOLLAR / SWISS FRANC	0.6742 CHF	+0.06%	+0.39%	-
CANADIAN DOLLAR / SWISS FRANC	0.6681 CHF	+0.07%	+0.12%	-
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR / EURO	0.6094 EUR	+0.04%	+0.43%	-
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR / SWISS FRANC	0.5989 CHF	+0.09%	+0.81%	-
NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR / US DOLLAR	0.5926 USD	-0.03%	-0.13%	-
JAPANESE YEN / SWISS FRANC	0.5875 CHF	-0.14%	-0.22%	-
NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR / SWISS FRANC	0.5433 CHF	+0.00%	+0.09%	-
CHINESE RENMINBI (YUAN) / SWISS FRANC	0.1266 CHF	-0.50%	+0.24%	-
SWEDISH KRONA / SWISS FRANC	0.084 CHF	+0.05%	-0.12%	-
INDIAN RUPEE / US DOLLAR	0.012 USD	+0.03%	0.00%	-
INDIAN RUPEE / EURO	0.0112 EUR	-0.35%	0.00%	-
INDIAN RUPEE / SWISS FRANC	0.011 CHF	-0.04%	0.00%	-
RUSSIAN ROUBLE / SWISS FRANC	0.009802 CHF	-0.07%	-1.01%	-

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