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Equity Alert: Asia indices rise tracking gains in US market, tech stocks up 

 

MUMBAI--0815 IST--Asian equity indices rose Thursday due to positive cues from the US market, which gained on higher-than-expected payroll data in the US and a rise in technology stocks. Asian indices shrugged off losses incurred on Wednesday and traded near record highs in early trade Thursday. 

 

The US added 42,000 jobs to private payrolls in October, according to the ADP National Employment Report released Wednesday morning. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had expected a lower increase of 22,000 jobs, according to Dow Jones News Wires. 

 

Japan's Nikkei 225 index was among the top gainers in the Asian market, rising over 1%. Shares of SoftBank rose 1.5% recovering from steep losses incurred during Wednesday's session, when it fell 10%, according to a report by CNBC. Artificial intelligence-related companies were trading higher, with Advantest, which supplies testing equipment to Nvidia, rising nearly 4%. Chip equipment maker Disco Corp gained nearly 5%. The broader Topix First Section gained nearly 1%. 

 

Among other top gainers in the Asia-Pacific region, China's CSI 300 index was up over 1% and the SSE Composite index rose nearly 1%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was the biggest gainer, rising 1.4% in early trade. Indonesia's IDX Compsite moved between gains and losses. 

 

Investors will keep an eye out on the outcome of the US Supreme Court's hearing on the legality of Washington's reciprocal tariffs imposed on various countries. 

 

Following were the levels of key Asian indices at 0810 IST:

 

Index	Level	Change in %
CSI 300 Index	4690.2284	1.36
Hang Seng Index	26308.82	1.44
Nikkei 225 Day	50768.89	1.11
TOPIX FIRST SECTION	3302.79	1.06
KOSPI	4030.71	0.66
FTSE Singapore Strait Times	4460.25	0.98
S&P/ASX 200 Index	8821.4	0.22

 

(P. Madhu Kumar)

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Equity Alert: US indices end higher on hope of rollback of some tariffs

 

MUMBAI--0735 IST--US equity indices ended higher Wednesday after US Supreme Court judges grilled the US administration on President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs, raising hope that some of the levies might be rolled back. Additionally, ADP's national employment report showed private payrolls in the US rebounding in October and rising by 42,000, lifting sentiment.

 

The US apex court focussed its questions on the legality of reciprocal tariffs imposed by the administration on imports from several countries, under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, CNBC reported. "We continue to see this sort of debate on ...how effective they are, I don't know we're going to know the tariff effect, the resolution of it and the price effect of it until the first quarter of next year, so that adds to this kind of disillusionment," Phil Blancato, chief market strategist at Osaic, was quoted by CNBC as saying. 

 

The S&P 500 index Wednesday closed 0.4% higher, after falling in the previous session. The Nasdaq Composite index was up 0.7% and the Dow Jones Industrial average index gained 0.5%.

 

Among US companies that reported robust third quarter earnings, AMD posted higher-than-expected earnings for the September quarter, after which the stock ended over 2% higher. Among other technology stocks, Broadcom and Micron Technology ended 2% and 9% higher, respectively.

 

Following are the closing levels of US indices overnight: 

 

INDEX	LAST LEVEL	CHANGE IN %
Dow Jones Industrial Average	47311	0.48
Nasdaq Composite	23499.8	0.65
S&P 500	6796.29	0.37

 

(P. Madhu Kumar)

 

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US$1 = INR 88.66

 

Edited by Avishek Dutta

 

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