Morning Notes
Global Markets Weaker As Traders Continue To Digest The Fed’s Change Of Stance
21/06/2021 Asian stocks slid on Monday as market participants mulled the implications of a surprise hawkish shift by the U.S. Federal Reserve, last week, while the Treasury yield curve flattened further with 30-year yields dropping below 2%. Japan's Nikkei led...
Markets and E.M Currencies slip after FED announcement
17/06/2021 Asian stocks and U.S. futures have declined this morning after Federal Reserve officials sped up their expected pace of policy tightening. An MSCI gauge of Asian shares was on track for its biggest slide in a month, though the number of stocks that rose and...
Asia Stocks Mixed as Commodities Drop, led by Copper
15/06/2021 Asian stocks trade mixed today after their U.S. peers closed at a record and a bond rally stalled ahead of a key Federal Reserve meeting. Commodities are softer led lower by copper. RBC cuts AGL saying its facing headwinds that could cause its shares to...
Asia stocks mixed in light holiday action, Markets wait for the Fed.
14/06/2021 All eyes were on Cornwall and the G7 meeting over the weekend. President Joe Biden entered his first international summit looking for a breakthrough on vaccine pledges for low-income countries, a united front on China and to tee up his meeting this week...
Stocks Mixed, Futures Edge Up; Yields Hold Decline
11/06/2021 Asian stocks were mixed Friday after a rally in U.S. shares and Treasuries on bets that a jump in inflation is likely to be transitory, leaving scope for ongoing central- bank support. Equities edged up in Hong Kong and dipped in Japan and China. U.S....
U.S. Futures, Asia Stocks Rise as Treasuries Rally
10/06/2021 Most Asian markets are up this morning as U.S.-China talks helped sentiment and bolstered the offshore yuan. Treasuries rallied ahead of a U.S. inflation report that may provide clues on the monetary policy outlook. Traders are waiting to see if the...
Stocks Hover Near Record as Treasuries Held an Advance
09/06/2021 Asian stocks traded in narrow ranges Wednesday as investors digested data on price pressures to gauge the outlook for stimulus amid the recovery from the pandemic. Ten-year U.S. Treasuries held an advance. Shares slipped in Japan but edged up in China,...
Stocks Slip, U.S. Futures Pare Gains; Dollar Climbs
08/06/2021 A number of Asian stock markets slipped this morning as investors await more clues on whether the recovery from the pandemic will stoke price pressures and imperil loose monetary policy. The dollar climbed. Shares from Japan to Hong Kong pared or reversed...
Watch Miners as Iron Ore Slides on China Demand, Output Curbs; Asia Stocks Steady, U.S. Futures Slip; Yields Rise,
07/06/2021 China’s iron ore imports in May tumbled to their lowest level in a year as record prices deterred buyers of industrial commodities and the economic recovery from the pandemic begins to slow. Copper purchases in May also fell to a three-month low, while...