| * Nikkei makes gains after BoJ move * North Korea moves missiles, South Korean markets roiled * IEA to open up to emerging nations * China bird flu deaths rise to six, poultry markets shut * Smartphone sales continue to boost Samsung * Investors selling China to buy Japan? * UBS saved Ping An deal with $5.5bn loan * Asian airlines & bird flu: don't panic * Opposition militiamen kill four Mozambique police Markets: down Nikkei makes gains after BoJ move
Japanese stocks rallied to fresh multiyear highs on Friday, a day after the Bank of Japan announced dramatic new monetary stimulus but European and other Asian markets were under pressure ahead of US jobs data.
http://on.ft.com/Z5x5aI North Korea moves missiles, South Korean markets roiled
North Korea has placed two of its intermediate range missiles on mobile launchers and hidden them on the east coast of the country in a move that could threaten Japan or U.S. Pacific bases, South Korean media reported on Friday.
http://reut.rs/12mIYjb IEA to open up to emerging nations
The International Energy Agency is taking the first steps to open up to emerging economies such as China in the clearest indication of the sea-change in the world's map of energy over the past decade.
http://on.ft.com/Xg3hL5 China bird flu deaths rise to six, poultry markets shut
China's death toll from a new strain of bird flu rose to six people as Shanghai began slaughtering birds at a local market and concerns of an outbreak sparked the biggest drop in Hong Kong stocks in more than eight months.
http://bloom.bg/XrWGQ4 Smartphone sales continue to boost Samsung
Samsung Electronics on Friday said first-quarter operating profit would be stronger than expected, as the world's largest electronics company by sales stepped up sales of lower-end smartphones in emerging markets despite growing price competition and slowing demand in developed markets.
http://on.ft.com/13WtNhZ Investors selling China to buy Japan?
Hong Kong has endured almost daily thunderstorm warnings in recent weeks. On Friday, as markets reopened after a one day holiday, the gloom was clear to see in the equity market. The Hang Seng dropped 2.9 per cent.
http://on.ft.com/17gxYUo UBS saved Ping An deal with $5.5bn loan
UBS provided a secret loan of about $5.5bn to enable a Thai company to purchase HSBC's stake in a Chinese insurer earlier this year, according to people familiar with the deal.
http://on.ft.com/12oPrGP Asian airlines & bird flu: don't panic
In the bird flu pandemic of a decade ago, airline stocks plunged by up to 30 per cent as travellers scrapped their plans and investors took fright. But SARS was new and it took weeks for the story to really hit the financial markets.
http://on.ft.com/17gaRJU Opposition militiamen kill four Mozambique police
Mozambican opposition militiamen killed four policemen in an attack on a provincial station to try to free more than a dozen comrades arrested in a police raid on their party headquarters, police said on Friday.
http://reut.rs/10xPyPS Emerging Markets
MSCI Emerging Market Index down -1.04% at 1,006 Europe
FTSE down -1.25% at 6,265
RTS down -0.62% at 1,411
Warsaw Wig up +0.06% at 44,650
FTSE 300 Eurotop down -1.04% at 1,168 Americas
DJIA up +0.38% at 14,606
S&P 500 up +0.40% at 1,560
Bovespa down -1.65% at 54,648 Asia
Nikkei 225 up +1.58% at 12,834
Topix up +2.74% at 1,066
Hang Seng down -2.73% at 21,727
Shanghai Composite down -0.11% at 2,225
MSCI Asia ex-Japan down -1.65% at 467.92
S&P CNX Nifty Index down -0.39% at 5,553 Currencies
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