. THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
ASX slips as global recession fears spook markets
The ASX closed in the red despite a boost from energy and industrials, as investors digested further rate hikes from European central banks overnight.
. RTT NEWS
Asian stocks end lower on recession worries
Asian markets traded lower on Friday as rate hikes and a hawkish posture by central banks worldwide spooked investor confidence and triggered fears of a recession
. CNBC
European markets marginally lower as investors digest central bank announcements
European markets were marginally down Friday as investors processed the raft of central bank decisions announced Thursday.
. REUTERS
Oil rises, poised to end week higher despite economy concerns
Oil prices rose in early Asian trade on Friday after falling 2% in the previous session on central bank interest rates hikes, and is poised to end the week higher after a series of positive oil demand forecasts
Gold flat, set for weekly fall on hawkish Fed
Gold prices were flat on Friday and set for a weekly loss, pressured by expectations of higher interest rates for a longer period by the U.S. Federal Reserve
. THE FINANCIAL TIMES
European stocks tick lower as central banks point to more challenging 2023
. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Stock Futures Point to Further Losses on Wall Street
U.S. stock futures fell a day after the Dow industrials tumbled more than 700 points amid worries about interest-rate rises and the possibility of a recession
. BLOOMBERG
Equity selloff deepens as recession fears grow
U.S. equity-index futures dropped with European stocks amid concern the resolve of central banks to continue their fight against inflation will tip the economy into a recession.
. MARKETWATCH
Stocks could face another explosion of volatility Friday as $4 trillion of options expire in ‘quadruple witching’
Stocks are falling because the Fed ‘cannot lose the battle’ on inflation
