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Equity Alert: Asian mkts fall as West Asia war escalates, crude prices rise

 

MUMBAI--0812 IST--Indices in Asia were lower Thursday as sentiment remained weak amid a sharp sell-off in major US indices overnight and Brent crude oil futures climbing more than 4% from Wednesday's lows to around $95 per barrel. Crude oil prices went up amid the escalation of the war in West Asia. South Korea's KOSPI fell the most among regional peers in the early hours of trade, down nearly 2%. 

 

"CENTCOM (US Central Command) forces launched strikes on Iranian military surveillance capabilities, communication systems, and air defense sites across Iran," the US Central Command said in a statement. The US military struck in self-defence and in response to "Iran's unwarranted and continued aggression," it said. 

 

In Japan, shares of heavyweights SoftBank Group Corp. were down 4%, and those of Advantest Corp. were down over 2%. Some other important technology and electronics stocks attempted to recover some of their losses. Tokyo Electron was up 0.4% and Murata Manufacturing Co. was up 0.3%. Shares of silicon wafer maker Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. were down 0.6%. In South Korea, shares of KOSPI heavyweight Samsung Electronics Co. fell 2%. 

"Given already stretched valuations, these extreme bullish expectations set a vulnerable backdrop for momentum in Korea, Taiwan and the Asia tech sector," Reuters quoted Rupal Agarwal, Asia quant strategist at Bernstein, as saying in a note to clients. The KOSPI has risen over 15% since the end of April, and Taiwan's key TAIEX index has risen by almost 10%. 

 

The following were the levels of major Asian indices at 0817 IST:

 

Index	Level	Change in %
CSI 300 Index	4715.5796	(-)0.70
Hang Seng Index	24050.99	(-)1.46
Nikkei 225 Day	63328.54	(-)1.33
TOPIX FIRST SECTION	3788.46	(-)1.54
KOSPI	7583.66	(-)1.90
FTSE Singapore Strait Times	4931.10	(-)0.56
S&P/ASX 200 Index	8602.80	(-)0.58

 

(Ruchira Kagita)

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Equity Alert: US mkts end sharply lower Wed as sell-off in tech cos continues

 

MUMBAI--0745 IST--Headline indices in the US ended sharply lower Wednesday, falling for the second trading day in a row. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, and the NASDAQ Composite were down nearly 2?ch. The sell-off in technology stocks continued. The Dow Jones, down by almost 1,000 points, closed below the 50000 mark for the first time after 14 sessions. The large-cap index was dragged down mainly by Caterpillar which fell 6%, Honeywell International fell 5%, and Goldman Sachs Group 3%. 

 

Among technology stocks, Broadcom fell almost 6%, Qualcomm 7%, Advanced Micro Devices and Micron Technology fell nearly 5?ch. Super Micro Computer tumbled a whopping 28?ter the company said it planned to raise $7 billion through equity-linked means to meet the rising demand for its servers and storage systems. Shares of chipmaker Nvidia Corp. and those of Elon-Musk-led Tesla also fell close to 4%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell almost 4% Wednesday. The S&P 500 Information Technology, one of the 11 key sectoral indices, fell over 2%.

 

Meanwhile, US consumer prices for May rose 4.2% on year in May, as against a 3.8% rise in April. This was the steepest increase seen in inflation since April 2023 when inflation went up 4.9% on year. Retail inflation was driven higher due to elevated energy prices. Energy inflation went up 23.5% on an annualised basis, a level unseen since 2022 when global energy prices suffered due to the war between Russia and Ukraine. The core inflation, which excludes food and energy prices, increased 2.9% year-on-year in May after rising 2.8% in April.

"With core measures suggesting more limited price increases and much of the upside coming from oil directly (energy) or indirectly (airfares), today's (Wednesday) release suggests that inflationary pressures stemming from the oil price shock have remained manageable for the US economy so far," Barron's quoted Josh Jamner, senior investment strategy analyst at ClearBridge Investments as saying.

 

The following were the closing levels of major US indices on Wednesday:

 

US Indices	Levels	Change in %
Dow Jones Industrial Average	49918.78	(-)1.87
NASDAQ Composite	25169.501	(-)1.98
S&P 500	7266.99	(-)1.62

 

(Ruchira Kagita)

 

US$1 = INR 95.27

IST, or Indian Standard Time, is five-and-a-half hours ahead of GMT

 

Edited by Saji George Titus

 

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