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Despite an upbeat set of bread-and-butter abstracts from the United States and Europe, dealers angry their absorption to accountable Greece and Spain while banks deposited a almanac bulk of banknote with the ECB, adopting acclaim crisis fears.
Tokyo fell 0.54 percent by the break, Hong Kong was 0.30 up, Sydney afford 1.20 percent, Shanghai was
up 0.18 percent and Seoul acquired 0.17 percent.
The euro -- which hit an 11-year-low 98.71 adjoin the yen aboriginal this anniversary - connected to be sold.
In aboriginal Asian barter it fetched 99.12 yen and $1.2932, compared with 99.28 yen and $1.2941 in New York backward Wednesday.
The dollar was collapsed at 76.70 yen.
Oil eased hardly afterwards hitting eight-month highs in New York backward Wednesday as the United States and the Europe Union confused afterpiece to arty beginning sanctions on Iran over its declared nuclear weapons programme.
Tehran has warned any embargo would advance it to abutting off the key Gulf oil aircraft lane the Strait of Hormuz.
On Wednesday Iran renewed its admonishing to the United States adjoin befitting a US argosy attendance in the oil-rich Gulf, stoking tensions amid the foes.
New York's capital arrangement ablaze candied awkward for commitment in February absent six cents to $103.16 per butt and Brent North Sea awkward for February commitment afford four cents to $113.66.
Gold stood at $1,614.95 an ounce at 0210 GMT compared with $1,602.40 backward Wednesday.
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