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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks slide, oil and gold jump after Israel strikes Iran

Reuters06-13

GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks slide, oil and gold jump after Israel strikes Iran

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.

World FX rates YTD http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh

Asian stock markets https://tmsnrt.rs/2zpUAr4

(Reporting by Kevin BucklandEditing by Shri Navaratnam)

((Kevin.Buckland@thomsonreuters.com;))

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