Asian stocks skid, Wall Street and bonds aided by oil slip

Asian stock markets fell on Monday, with Japan's Nikkei down 2.0% and South Korea's index down 1.6%, as AI funding worries and a 1.6% drop in Brent oil to $108.06 a barrel weighed on sentiment. Lower oil prices helped U.S. Treasury yields fall 3 basis points and lifted S&P 500 futures 0.5%.

Source: Asian stocks skid, Wall Street and bonds aided by oil slip — Channel News Asia

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