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Asian markets end with deep losses Thursday after large declines on Wall Street sapped investors' risk appetite. Commodity and shipping stocks were hit the worst as investors sold down cyclical sectors, while NEC Electronics led a slump in Tokyo after a downbeat earnings report.

Several technical factors play into the near-term bear case, coming on the heels of three failed tests of resistance that underscore how U.S.equity markets are showing signs of fatigue.

Banking on an economic rebound and better times ahead investors have pushed hard into US Steel (X) recently. Shares of the Pittsburgh-based company which has a market capitalization of nearly $6 billion have jumped 41% over the last six months to about $41 from a March low of $16.On Tuesday US Steel and other steel companies including Schnitzer Steel (SCHN) will report third-quarter results. Analysts are predicting that US Steel turns in a loss of $2.87 a share versus a profit of $7.79 a share in the year-ago period according to Briefing.com.The global economic tsunami in 2008 sharply reduced ...

Investors in Asian stock markets stepped to the sidelines Friday as they waited for U.S. corporate earnings, with major indexes ending mixed in a narrow range.