Global Market Today: Asian stocks to fall as oil stokes inflation fears

Equity-index futures for Japan, South Korea and Australia pointed lower after the S&P 500 Index fell 0.5%, led by industrial and consumer-discretionary shares. The Nasdaq 100 Index dropped 0.3% as Nvidia Corp., Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc. declined. Contracts for US stocks were little changed in early Asian trading.

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