Markets fall after tech losses hit Wall St

HONG KONG — Asian and European markets mostly fell Friday following a broadly negative lead from Wall Street, where tech giants led a sell-off on profit-taking, while traders are on intervention watch as the yen retreats toward a three-decade low.

A batch of worse-than-forecast US data provided further signs that the world's No. 1 economy was softening, but that was not enough to help push the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to record highs.