Australia shares rebound as miners, banks rally
ASX 200 snaps 2-day decline
NZX 50 clocks 5 weeks of gains
Aussie inflation due next week
Aussie shares snap 3 weeks of gains
Updates to close
By Roushni Nair and Sneha Kumar
July 26 -Australian shares rose on Friday after miners and financials helped the benchmark index recoup some losses from the previous session, with focus squarely on next week's domestic inflation data.
The S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO rose 0.8% to 7,921.3 points, offsetting two straight sessions of losses. The benchmark index, however, is set to log its worst week in six, having lost more than 0.6% so far.
June quarter consumer price data on Wednesday will dictate whether the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will be forced to prop up interest rates when it meets on Aug. 6.
"An inflation rate higher than 4% will place the RBA in a very difficult position, suggesting RBA is still some distance from meeting its mandate and awkwardly becoming the only major central bank that needs to raise the cash rate further," Hebe Chen, an analyst at IG Markets, said.
With interest rates currently at a 12-year high of 4.35%, the country's banking sector has outperformed all other sub-indexes so far this year.
Banks .AXFJ led the charge to add 0.5%, while logging its third straight week of gains. Top lender Commonwealth Bank of Australia CBA.AX rose 0.1%.
Miners .AXMM followed suit to advance 1.5% after a rally in lithium-focused stocks helped recover some lost ground.
"The commodities sector has been under pressure lately ... stocks are at cheap levels at the moment and I think investors are starting to see a little bit of value in such shares," said Mark Gardner, head of equities advisory at MPC Markets.
Markets globally also took cues from data that showed U.S. inflation pressures subsided, validating expectations of an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve as early as September this year. FEDWATCH
Energy .AXEJ and healthcare stocks .AXHJ rose 0.8% and 0.7%, respectively.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 fell 0.4%. The benchmark index, however, is up for five straight weeks.
Reporting by Roushni Nair and Sneha Kumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta
For more information on DIARIES & DATA: U.S. earnings diary RESF/US Wall Street Week Ahead .N/O Global Economy Week Ahead DATA/ ................................................................ For latest top breaking news across all markets NEWS1
Mga Kaugnay na Asset
Pinakabagong Balita
Disclaimer: Ang mga kabilang sa XM Group ay nagbibigay lang ng serbisyo sa pagpapatupad at pag-access sa aming Online Trading Facility, kung saan pinapahintulutan nito ang pagtingin at/o paggamit sa nilalaman na makikita sa website o sa pamamagitan nito, at walang layuning palitan o palawigin ito, at hindi din ito papalitan o papalawigin. Ang naturang pag-access at paggamit ay palaging alinsunod sa: (i) Mga Tuntunin at Kundisyon; (ii) Mga Babala sa Risk; at (iii) Kabuuang Disclaimer. Kaya naman ang naturang nilalaman ay ituturing na pangkalahatang impormasyon lamang. Mangyaring isaalang-alang na ang mga nilalaman ng aming Online Trading Facility ay hindi paglikom, o alok, para magsagawa ng anumang transaksyon sa mga pinansyal na market. Ang pag-trade sa alinmang pinansyal na market ay nagtataglay ng mataas na lebel ng risk sa iyong kapital.
Lahat ng materyales na nakalathala sa aming Online Trading Facility ay nakalaan para sa layuning edukasyonal/pang-impormasyon lamang at hindi naglalaman – at hindi dapat ituring bilang naglalaman – ng payo at rekomendasyon na pangpinansyal, tungkol sa buwis sa pag-i-invest, o pang-trade, o tala ng aming presyo sa pag-trade, o alok para sa, o paglikom ng, transaksyon sa alinmang pinansyal na instrument o hindi ginustong pinansyal na promosyon.
Sa anumang nilalaman na galing sa ikatlong partido, pati na ang mga nilalaman na inihanda ng XM, ang mga naturang opinyon, balita, pananaliksik, pag-analisa, presyo, ibang impormasyon o link sa ibang mga site na makikita sa website na ito ay ibibigay tulad ng nandoon, bilang pangkalahatang komentaryo sa market at hindi ito nagtataglay ng payo sa pag-i-invest. Kung ang alinmang nilalaman nito ay itinuring bilang pananaliksik sa pag-i-invest, kailangan mong isaalang-alang at tanggapin na hindi ito inilaan at inihanda alinsunod sa mga legal na pangangailangan na idinisenyo para maisulong ang pagsasarili ng pananaliksik sa pag-i-invest, at dahil dito ituturing ito na komunikasyon sa marketing sa ilalim ng mga kaugnay na batas at regulasyon. Mangyaring siguruhin na nabasa at naintindihan mo ang aming Notipikasyon sa Hindi Independyenteng Pananaliksik sa Pag-i-invest at Babala sa Risk na may kinalaman sa impormasyong nakalagay sa itaas, na maa-access dito.
