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Asian stock markets fall ahead of US employment update

Currency traders watch monitors near screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Asian shares followed Wall Street lower Friday ahead of U.S. jobs data investors hope will persuade the Federal Reserve to ease off plans for more interest rate hikes. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) A currency trader walks by screens showing the Korean Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (KOSDAQ), center, and the foreign exchange rates at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Asian shares followed Wall Street lower Friday ahead of U.S. jobs data investors hope will persuade the Federal Reserve to ease off plans for more interest rate hikes. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) A currency trader watches computer monitors at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Asian shares followed Wall Street lower Friday ahead of U.S. jobs data investors hope will persuade the Federal Reserve to ease off plans for more interest rate hikes. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) A currency trader stands near screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Asian shares followed Wall Street lower Friday ahead of U.S. jobs data investors hope will persuade the Federal Reserve to ease off plans for more interest rate hikes. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) A man wearing a face mask is reflected on an electronic foreign currency exchange rates in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Asian shares followed Wall Street lower Friday ahead of U.S. jobs data investors hope will persuade the Federal Reserve to ease off plans for more interest rate hikes. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)