Asia Morning Call-Global Markets
July 17 (Reuters) -
Stock Markets | Net Chng | Stock Markets | Net Chng | ||
S&P/ASX 200** | 7,999.30 | -18.30 | NZX 50** | 12,184.49 | 61.35 |
DJIA | 40,787.62 | 575.90 | NIKKEI** | 41,275.08 | 84.40 |
Nasdaq | 18,438.993 | -33.57 | FTSE** | 8,164.9 | -18.06 |
S&P 500 | 5,645.01 | 13.79 | Hang Seng** | 17,727.98 | -287.96 |
SPI 200 Fut | 8,014.00 | 34.00 | STI** | 3,487.91 | -11.98 |
SSEC** | 2,976.30 | 2.29 | KOSPI** | 2,866.09 | 5.17 |
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Bonds | Bonds | ||||
JP 10 YR Bond | 1.023 | 0.002 | KR 10 YR Bond | 3.16 | -0.016 |
AU 10 YR Bond | 4.212 | -0.037 | US 10 YR Bond | 4.1711 | -0.058 |
NZ 10 YR Bond | 4.398 | -0.005 | US 30 YR Bond | 4.3775 | -0.076 |
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Currencies | |||||
SGD US$ | 1.3446 | 0.0009 | KRW US$ | 1,383.74 | -0.43 |
AUD US$ | 0.673 | -0.00295 | NZD US$ | 0.6044 | -0.0029 |
EUR US$ | 1.0891 | -0.0003 | Yen US$ | 158.42 | 0.41 |
THB US$ | 35.95 | -0.18 | PHP US$ | 58.389 | -0.071 |
IDR US$ | 16,175 | 10 | INR US$ | 83.5371 | -0.0139 |
MYR US$ | 4.674 | 0.004 | TWD US$ | 32.625 | 0.053 |
CNY US$ | 7.2686 | 0.0096 | HKD US$ | 7.8079 | 0.0015 |
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Commodities | |||||
Spot Gold | 2,464.89 | 42.8202 | Silver (Lon) | 31.2812 | 0.2712 |
U.S. Gold Fut | 2,465.80 | 47.80 | Brent Crude | 83.94 | -0.91 |
Iron Ore | CNY824 | -10 | TRJCRB Index | - | - |
TOCOM Rubber | JPY319.4 | 0.8 | LME Copper | 9,673 | -129 |
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** indicates closing price
All prices as of 18:23 GMT
EQUITIES
GLOBAL - World stock indexes mostly rose and the U.S. dollar strengthened on Tuesday after solid U.S. retail sales signalled resilience in the economy.
he MSCI All-World index .MIWD00000PUS rose 1.12 points, or 0.14%, to 829.85.
For a full report, click on MKTS/GLOB
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NEW YORK - Rate-sensitive small-cap stocks led Wall Street higher on Tuesday after retail sales data did little to dampen hopes of a September rate cut, while UnitedHealth's results lifted the Dow to a record high.
At 12:21 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 575.90 points, or 1.43%, at 40,787.62, the S&P 500 .SPX was up 13.79 points, or 0.24%, at 5,645.01, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was down 64.84 points, or 0.35%, at 18,407.73.
For a full report, click on .N
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LONDON - European shares fell on Tuesday as commodity-linked stocks tracked declining prices and luxury brands fell after Hugo Boss' dour annual forecast, while markets also assessed the chances of Donald Trump winning the U.S. presidential race.
The pan-European STOXX 600 .STOXX closed 0.3% lower, with the basic resources sub-index .SXPP leading sectoral declines with a 1.7% fall, tracking slipping base metal prices.
For a full report, click on .EU
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Tuesday, tracking gains in Wall Street, as investors assessed whether an assassination attempt on U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump increased his chances of winning the November elections.
The Nikkei .N225 closed 0.2% higher at 41,275.08, and the broader Topix .TOPX finished up 0.34% at 2,904.5.
For a full report, click on .T
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SHANGHAI - China stocks ended higher on Tuesday, led by tech shares, while investors awaited the details of reform measures announced at the 'Third Plenum' meeting amid a slew of weak economic data. Hong Kong shares fell.
The Shanghai Composite index .SSEC closed up 0.08% at 2,976.30 while the blue-chip CSI 300 index .CSI300 rose 0.63%.
For a full report, click on .SS
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AUSTRALIA - Australian shares slipped on Tuesday from a record closing high in the previous session, as Rio Tinto led mining stocks lower after reporting second-quarter iron ore shipments below analyst estimates, while caution also set in ahead of June jobs data.
The S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO closed 0.2% lower at 7,999.30, snapping a three-session winning streak.
For a full report, click on .AX
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SEOUL - South Korean shares rose on Tuesday, led by chip and auto heavyweights, while defence stocks extended gains on the prospect of Donald Trump's victory in November's U.S. presidential elections.
The benchmark KOSPI .KS11 closed up 5.17 points, or 0.18%, at 2,866.09.
For a full report, click on KRW/
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar strengthened on Tuesday, after a reading of retail sales proved to be firmer than expected, but was not strong enough to alter expectations for the path of interest rates from the Federal Reserve.
The dollar index =USD, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, gained 0.17% to 104.42.
For a full report, click on USD/
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SHANGHAI - The yuan eased against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday as a slew of weak Chinese economic data dampened sentiment, but offshore funding conditions remained tight, preventing the currency from sliding further.
Spot yuan CNY=CFXS opened at 7.2619 per dollar. As of 0301 GMT it was trading 25 pips lower than the previous late session close at 7.2652 and 1.86% weaker than the central bank's daily midpoint.
For a full report, click on CNY/
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AUSTRALIA - The Australian dollar climbed on the yen on Tuesday after recent declines, although it lost further ground to the greenback as markets continued to digest the prospect of a Donald Trump victory in the White House.
The Aussie strengthened 0.2% to 106.98 yen AUDJPY=R, rebounding for the first time in four sessions as the suspected intervention from Tokyo last week disrupted the popular carry trade. That saw the Aussie peel back to a 33-year top of 109.67 yen on Thursday.
For a full report, click on AUD/
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SEOUL - The won was quoted at 1,384.9 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform KRW=KFTC, 0.12% lower than its previous close at 1,383.2.
For a full report, click on KRW/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - Longer-dated U.S. Treasury yields pared losses on Tuesday after better-than-expected U.S. retail sales data for June.
Benchmark 10-year yields US10YT=RR were last down 2 basis points at 4.208% and two-year yields US2YT=RR rose 2 basis points to 4.47%.
For a full report, click on US/
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LONDON - Euro zone government bond yields fell for a second day on Tuesday as investors looked ahead to the European Central Bank's policy announcement on Thursday, with data hinting at a further slowdown in Germany, Europe's largest economy.
Germany's 10-year bond yield DE10YT=RR, the euro area's benchmark, was last down 3.5 basis points (bps) at 2.437%. It fell 2.5 bps on Monday.
For a full report, click on GVD/EUR
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TOKYO - Japan's 10-year government bond yield fell to a three-week low on Tuesday, as market players moved to cover their short positions amid rising expectations of a U.S interest rate cut in September.
The 10-year JGB yield JP10YTN=JBTC fell 3 basis points (bps) to 1.015%, its lowest since June 26. The 20-year yield JP20YTN=JBTC also fell 3 bps to 1.835%, also its lowest since June 26.
For a full report, click on JP/
COMMODITIES
GOLD
Gold prices jumped more than 1% to a record high on Tuesday, as investors flocked to the safe-haven asset after comments from Federal Reserve officials cemented expectations of a U.S. interest rate cut in September.
Spot gold XAU= gained 1.6% to $2,460.99 per ounce by 11:32 a.m. ET (1532 GMT), while U.S. gold futures GCcv1 for August delivery rose 1.5% to $2,465.80 per ounce.
For a full report, click on GOL/
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IRON ORE
Iron ore futures retreated on Tuesday, as investors awaited details of economic reform measures from top consumer China's third plenum, after a slew of weaker-than-expected data triggered demand concerns.
The most-traded September iron ore contract on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) DCIOcv1 ended daytime trade 0.96% lower at 824 yuan ($113.41) a metric ton, following a rise of more than 1% on Monday.
For a full report, click on IRONORE/
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BASE METALS
Aluminium prices dropped to their lowest in more than three months on Tuesday on concern about oversupply while copper also slumped after weak economic data from top metals consumer China.
Three-month aluminium CMAL3 on the London Metal Exchange (LME) fell 1.9% to $2,416 a metric ton by 1600 GMT, its lowest since April 11.
For a full report, click on MET/L
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OIL
Oil prices declined on Tuesday on worries of a slowing Chinese economy crimping demand and despite a growing consensus the U.S. Federal Reserve could begin cutting its key interest rate as soon as September.
Brent futures LCOc1 were down 82 cents, or 1%, to $84.03 a barrel at 11:09 a.m. ET (1509 GMT), while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 was down 94 cents, or 1.1%, at $80.97.
For a full report, click on O/R
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PALM OIL
Malaysian palm oil futures rose on Tuesday to snap a two-day decline, buoyed by stronger rival Dalian and Chicago contracts and higher export estimates.
The benchmark palm oil contract FCPOc3 for October delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange closed 1.34% higher at 3,926 ringgit ($839.97) a metric ton.
For a full report, click on POI/
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RUBBER
Japanese rubber futures fell to a one-week low on Tuesday as a slew of weaker-than-expected Chinese economic data dampened sentiment.
The Osaka Exchange (OSE) rubber contract for December delivery JRUc6, 0#2JRU: was down 6.3 yen, or 1.94%, at 318.6 yen ($2.01) per kg.
For a full report, click on RUB/T
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වියාචනය: XM Group සමාගම් ක්රියාත්මක කිරීම පමණක් වන සේවා සපයන අතර වෙබ් අඩවියේ හෝ වෙබ් අඩවිය හරහා ලබා ගත හැකි අන්තර්ගතය බැලීමට සහ/හෝ භාවිත කිරීමට පුද්ගලයෙකුට ඉඩ සලසමින් අපගේ මාර්ගගත වෙළඳ පහසුකම වෙත ප්රවේශය ලබා දෙන අතර වෙනස් කිරීමට හෝ පුළුල් කිරීමට අදහස් නොකරයි. එවැනි ප්රවේශය සහ භාවිතය සෑම විටම (i) නියමයන් සහ කොන්දේසි, (ii) අවදානම් අනතුරු ඇඟවීම් සහ (iii) සම්පූර්ණ වියාචනයට යටත් වේ. එබැවින් එවැනි අන්තර්ගතයක් සාමාන්ය තොරතුරුවලට වඩා වැඩි යමක් සපයා නොමැත. විශේෂයෙන්ම, අපගේ මාර්ගගත වෙළඳ පහසුකමේ අන්තර්ගතය පෙළඹවීමක් හෝ මූල්ය වෙළඳපොළවල කිසිදු ගනුදෙනුවක් සිදු කිරීමට ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමක් නොවන බව කරුණාවෙන් සලකන්න. ඕනෑම මූල්ය වෙළඳපොළක වෙළඳාම් කිරීම ඔබේ ප්රාග්ධනයට සැලකිය යුතු අවදානමක් එක් කරයි.
අපගේ මාර්ගගත වෙළඳ පහසුකමේ ප්රකාශිත සියලු කරුණු අධ්යාපනික/තොරතුරුමය අරමුණු සඳහා පමණක් අදහස් කෙරෙන අතර මූල්ය, ආයෝජන බදු හෝ වෙළඳ උපදෙස් සහ නිර්දේශයන්; හෝ අපගේ වෙළඳ මිල පිළිබඳ වාර්තාවක්; හෝ ඕනෑම මූල්ය උපකරණයක ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමක් හෝ ඒ සඳහා පෙළඹවීමක්; හෝ විශේෂ ඉල්ලීමකින් තොරව ඔබ වෙත ලබා දෙන ලද මූල්ය ප්රවර්ධනයන් ලෙස නොසැලකිය යුතුය.
ඕනෑම තෙවන පාර්ශවීය අන්තර්ගතයක් මෙන්ම XM විසින් සකසන ලද අන්තර්ගතය එනම් අදහස්, පුවත්, පර්යේෂණ, විශ්ලේෂණ, මිල ගණන් සහ වෙනත් තොරතුරු හෝ මෙම වෙබ් අඩවියේ අන්තර්ගත තෙවන පාර්ශවීය වෙබ් අඩවි සඳහා සබැඳි සාමාන්ය වෙළඳපොළ විවරණයක් ලෙස "පවතින පරිදි" සපයා ඇති අතර එහි ආයෝජන උපදෙස් ඇතුළත් නොවේ. ඕනෑම අන්තර්ගතයක් ආයෝජන පර්යේෂණයක් ලෙස අර්ථ දක්වා ඇති ප්රමාණයට, ආයෝජන පර්යේෂණයේ ස්වාධීනත්වය ප්රවර්ධනය කිරීමට නිර්මාණය කර ඇති නෛතික අවශ්යතාවලට අනුකූලව අන්තර්ගතය සකසා නොමැති බවත් එලෙස අරමුණු කර නොමැති බවත් ඔබ සලකා පිළිගත යුතු අතර එබැවින් එය අදාළ නීති සහ රෙගුලාසි යටතේ අලෙවිකරණ සන්නිවේදනයක් ලෙස සලකනු ලැබේ. ඉහත සඳහන් තොරතුරු සලකා මෙතනින් ප්රවේශ විය හැකි, ස්වාධීන නොවන ආයෝජන පර්යේෂණ සහ අවදානම් අනතුරු ඇඟවීම පිළිබඳ අපගේ දැනුම්දීම ඔබ කියවා තේරුම් ගෙන ඇති බව සහතික කර ගන්න.
