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Equity Alert: Most Asian mkts rise on rate cut hopes post soft US econ data

 

MUMBAI--0801 IST--Most Asian equity indices rose in early trade Thursday after soft employment data in the US led to hope of a rate cut by the Federal Reserve at its September meeting. The Japanese market was the biggest gainer in early trade, with the Nikkei 225 and Topix up 1.1% and 0.7%, respectively. 

 

Gains in indices in Japan were led by banks and technology stocks as a pause in the rise of bond yields globally improved sentiment, Bloomberg reported. A rise in US technoogy stocks on Wednesday also aided tech majors in the region. Sony Group Corp. rose 3% and was among the biggest gainers in the market. "The selling pressure we saw yesterday from the rise in long-term bond yields has calmed, allowing investors to repurchase stocks," Bloomberg quoted Yutaka Miura, senior technical analyst at Mizuho Securities, as saying.

 

However, China's CSI 300 was down 1.5% and was the worst hit in the region. Reports said the country's financial regulators are considering cooling measures for the stock market as they grow concerned about the huge rally since the beginning of August. The Chinese market has gained nearly 8% during this period. The CSI 300 has surged more than 20% from its year's low.

 

Following were the levels of key Asian indices at 0757 IST:

 

INDEX	LEVEL	CHANGE IN %
CSI 300 Index	4391.3075	(-)1.54
Hang Seng Index	25226.77	(-)0.46
Nikkei 225 Day	42411.72	1.13
TOPIX FIRST SECTION	3070.86	0.72
KOSPI	3200.17	0.49
FTSE Singapore Strait Times	4299.38	0.23
S&P/ASX 200 Index	8813.90	0.86

 

(Akash Mandal)

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Equity Alert: Nasdaq, S&P 500 rebound on Alphabet surge, econ data caps gains

 

MUMBAI--0739 IST--The Nasdaq Composite and the S&P 500 rebounded, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended slightly lower Wednesday as soft economic data capped gains. Heavyweight Alphabet surged on a favourable ruling in the ongoing antitrust case, helping the overall market end higher despite economy-related concerns.

 

Job openings in the US fell 176,000 to a 10-month low of 7.18 million in July, lower than the forecast of 7.28 million by Reuters. The metric is an indicator for labour demand in the economy. Despite cooling demand for workers, layoffs remained relatively low and fewer workers engaged in job-hopping, the US Labor Department's data showed.

 

Among stocks, Alphabet surged after a US district court ruled that Google could keep its Android operating system and Chrome browser, which investors had feared would be stripped by the ruling. The stock notched an all-time high following the ruling. 

 

However, persistent high bond yields globally weighed on the equity market. Investors are concerned that the upward pressure on long-term government bond yields creates headwinds for equity valuations, Reuters cited Bill Sterling, global strategist at GW&K Investment Management, as saying. The 30-year Japanese government bond yield hit an unprecedented 3.28% on Wednesday, a day after selloffs in similarly dated British gilts, US Treasuries and Canadian bonds, Reuters reported.

 

Following are the closing levels of US indices Wednesday:

 

INDEX	LAST LEVEL	CHANGE IN %
Dow Jones Industrial Average	45271.23	(-)0.05
NASDAQ Composite	21497.727	1.02
S&P 500	6448.26	0.51

 

(Akash Mandal)

 

US$1 = INR 88.07

 

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Edited by Avishek Dutta

 

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