Asian stocks market down february 3 2012

Indonesia stock info - Asian stocks market down february 3 2012 ; The global forecast for the Asian markets is mixed with a tough of upside ahead of key payroll data from the United States later in the day. Comments from the Federal Reserve add to the desire to remain on the sidelines. Airlines and gold stocks may move higher, along with oil and networking companies. The European markets finished higher and the U.S. bourses were mixed but little changed, and the Asian markets are expected to split the difference.

Most Asian stocks fell after Mazda (7261) Motor Corp. and Nippon Sheet Glass Co. increased loss forecasts as Europe’s debt crisis weighed on global sales. Oil rose for the first time in six days ahead of data that may show U.S. employers added more jobs in January.

Almost three stocks dropped for every two that gained in the MSCI Asia Pacific Index (MXAP), which was little changed at 124.52 percent as of 9:55 a.m. in Tokyo. Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average was also little changed, while Standard & Poor’s 500 Index futures added 0.1 percent. Oil climbed 0.3 percent after reaching a six-week low yesterday. The New Zealand dollar weakened 0.2 percent, paring a seventh weekly advance, and Australia’s currency was 0.5 percent from a five-month high.

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