Thursday, May 17, 2007

Asian Stocks Fall, Set for First Losing Week in Three; Nippon Steel Drops

(Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks fell to a two-week low after tumbling metals prices pushed the region's benchmark index toward its first weekly decline in three.

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Japan's largest nickel miner, dropped the most in almost seven weeks, while BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's biggest mining company, slid 2.4 percent.


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