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Equity Alert: Asian mkts tad up; investors assess pause in US-Iran hostilities

 

MUMBAI--0804 IST--Most Asian stock indices were marginally higher shortly after open on Tuesday as global investors assessed whether the pause in hostilities between the US and Iran would ease concerns regarding energy supply. Oil prices were down in early trade, with August futures of Brent Crude oil hovering below $73 per barrel. Japan's Nikkei 225 was among the top performers, buoyed by gains in technology stocks. On the other hand, Hong Kong's Hang Seng was among the worst performers.

 

The Nikkei 225 touched an intraday high of 1.6% in early trade, powered by a rebound in technology stocks that has helped drive the gauge's record quarterly gains, according to a Reuters report. The index is poised to record a 36% rise over the past three months, the sharpest quarterly advance according to data going back until 1965, Reuters reported. Other gainers in the region included Taiwan's Taiex, which was up 3% in early trade and the top gainer in the region, while South Korea's Kopsi recovered from its earlier lows and climbed into gains.

 

"Reports that working-level talks between the US and Iran are expected to take place should also provide support for stock prices," Sony Financial Group analysts said in a report. "However, as institutional investors are ‌expected to adjust their portfolios ahead of the end of the quarter today, volatile price movements are possible."

 

China's CSI 300 was up 0.3% during early trade. The country's manufacturing activity in June picked up faster than economists had expected, driven by strong demand for high-tech exports amid the global artificial intelligence boom, according to a CNBC report. The official purchasing managers' index inched up to 50.3 in June, beating the forecast of 50.1, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday. In May, the index stood at 50.

 

Following are the levels of key indices in the region at 0755 IST:

 

Index	Level	Change in %
CSI 300 Index	4942.77	0.3
Hang Seng Index	22725.43	(-)1.3
Nikkei 225 Day	70063.6	0.9
TOPIX FIRST SECTION	3993.66	0.3
KOSPI	8394.43	0
FTSE Singapore Strait Times	5180.76	(-)0.5
S&P/ASX 200 Index	8827.3	0.1

 

(Shruti Nair)

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Equity Alert: US Indices end higher Mon; Dow Jones sees record closing high

 

MUMBAI--0725 IST--US stock indices ended higher on Monday amid broad-based gains, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average ending 0.6% higher and closing above the 52000 mark for the first time. This was after Silicon Valley stalwart Alphabet marked its first trading day on the index. The stock ended around 5% higher. Alphabet also supported gains in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, which closed 1.2% and 2.1% higher, respectively.

 

Among other technology gainers, VanEck Semiconductor closed over 3% higher, recovering from its decline earlier in the session, CNBC reported. In notable individual stock movements, Comcast ended 4.5% higher after the company said it would split its media and technology businesses into two listed entities, with the separation expected to be completed in around a year.

 

The gains on Monday mark the beginning of a shortened trading week on Wall Street, which will be shut on Friday in observance of Independence Day, CNBC reported. "It might be a little bit of light liquidity [due to the holiday-shortened trading week], so you might see bigger-than-expected moves," Joe Tigay, a portfolio manager at Equity Armor Investments, told CNBC. "We also have the end of quarter happening soon, which can cause some window dressing to happen, so advisors are wanting what they report on their quarterly statements to look attractive to their clients, and they've been locking in some gains too."

 

Crude oil prices ended higher on Monday amid a pause in hostilities between the US and Iran after a tense weekend of military escalation. Monday, the August futures contract of Brent Crude oil ended at around $73 per barrel, 1.6% higher than its previous close, as traders assessed whether the pause would ease concerns about energy supply disruptions.

 

Following were the closing levels of major US indices on Monday:

 

US Indices	Levels	Change in %
Dow Jones Industrial Average	52182.74	0.6
NASDAQ Composite	25820.14	2.1
S&P 500	7440.43	1.2

 

(Shruti Nair)

 

US$1 = INR 94.54

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

 

Edited by Avishek Dutta

 

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