Asian stocks sink on signs US hiring slowed
Bareksa • 05 Jun 2014
Pedestrians walk past an electronic board showing the graph of the recent fluctuations of Japan's Nikkei average outside a brokerage in Tokyo (REUTERS/Yuya Shino)
China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index shed 0.3 percent to 3,018.19
The Jakarta Post - Asian stocks fell Thursday after a payroll processor said U.S. employers slowed hiring last month and as investors looked ahead to a European Central Bank meeting.
Oil declined but stayed above $102 per barrel after government data showed a fall in stockpiles of crude and rising supplies of refined fuels.