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Equity Alert: Asian indices mixed as crude oil prices rise for the third day

 

MUMBAI--0745 IST--Major indices in Asia were mixed as crude oil prices were up for a third consecutive day over fresh attacks between the US and Iran over the weekend. US President Donald Trump Monday said in a Truth Social post that oil prices would "drop precipitously" after the US wins the war with Iran, expecting it to drop $3 a gallon and ultimately $2 a gallon. He added that Iran will "never have a Nuclear Weapon." 

 

The November futures contract of Brent crude oil was up marginally at $97 per barrel Tuesday. US markets were closed for trading Monday for Labor Day. The Dow September futures contract was down nearly 0.6%.        

 

Investors expect the Bank of Japan to hike interest rates later this month after Japan's GDP growth for the June quarter was at an annualised 1.4%, above the initially expected 1.1%, according to a Reuters report. "Given that the April–June quarter was a period when the Middle East situation could have exerted downward pressure, the fact that growth ended up around this level is notable. It is not at all a situation where we need to worry about the economy... That means the Bank of Japan can definitely move ahead with rate hikes," Kento Minami, senior economist at Daiwa Securities, told Reuters.

 

Investors expect a 98% chance of a 25-basis-point hike to 1.25% by the Bank of Japan at its September meeting, according to the Reuters report. Traders also expect another 25 bps hike at the January meeting. 

 

Tuesday, the South Korean Kospi was the region's top gainer, rising over 1%. Shares of heavyweights SK Square, SK Hynix, and Samsung Electronics were up 2–4%. Japan's Nikkei 225 was up marginally, while Topix was down around 0.4%. SoftBank Group Corp shares supported the Nikkei and were up nearly 6%. Mainland China's CSI 300 Index was nearly flat, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng was down 0.5%.   

 

The following are the key levels of indices in the region at 0715 IST:

 

Index	Level	Change in %
Nikkei 225 Day	66507.08	0.2
TOPIX FIRST SECTION	4108.92	(-)0.4
S&P/ASX 200 Index	8956.30	(-)0.6
KOSPI Index	7082.20	1.2
Hang Seng Index	25279.83	(-)0.5
CSI 300 Index	4580.06	0.1
FTSE Singapore Strait Times	5766.67	(-)0.4

 

(Vidhi Thacker)

 

US$1 = INR 94.49

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

 

Edited by Saji George Titus

 

All prices from National Stock Exchange, unless otherwise specified.

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