By Kevin Buckland
TOKYO, June 13 (Reuters) - Stocks dived in early Asian trade on Friday, led by a selloff in U.S. futures while safe havens like gold and the Swiss franc climbed along with crude oil prices on news that Israel had conducted a military strike on Iran.
U.S. S&P e-mini futures EScv1 slumped 1.1% as of 0018 GMT and Nasdaq futures NQc1 skidded 1.3%.
Japan's Nikkei .N225 lost 1% and South Korea's KOSPI .KS11 slipped 0.6%. Most other regional markets had yet to open.
Brent crude LCOc1 jumped about 5% to $72.76 per barrel. Gold XAU= added 0.8% to $3,410 per ounce.
The Swiss franc CHF=EBS gained about 0.5% to 0.8060 per U.S. dollar, and fellow safe haven the yen JPY=EBS appreciated 0.4% to 142.89 per dollar.
Israel has begun carrying out strikes on Iran, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday, adding there was no U.S. assistance or involvement in the operation.
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(Reporting by Kevin BucklandEditing by Shri Navaratnam)
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