Global Markets:
- Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei up 0.09%, Shanghai Composite up 0.44%, Hang Seng down -0.63% ASX down -1.01%
- Commodities : Gold at $4,211.76 (-0.03%), Silver at $53.948 (0.92%), Brent Oil at $62.6 (-0.11%), WTI Oil at $58.39 (-0.17%)
- Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.072, UK 10-year yield at 4.4000, Germany 10-year yield at 2.6465
News & Data:
- (CAD) Building Permits m/m 4.5% to 0.8% expected
Markets Update:
Asian markets traded mixed on Thursday, mirroring the uncertain cues from Wall Street, as investors remained cautious ahead of a slew of key US economic data. Sentiment was also shaped by the US House of Representatives’ vote to end the country’s longest-ever government shutdown, a move expected to help the Federal Reserve better assess economic conditions before its December policy meeting. Asian markets had closed mixed in the previous session.
With official US data suspended during the shutdown, traders relied on private indicators, which currently point to a 65.4 percent chance of a 25-basis-point Fed rate cut, according to the CME FedWatch Tool.
In Australia, stocks extended losses, with the S&P/ASX 200 sliding below 8,750 amid weakness in financials, energy and technology, though gold miners provided some support. The index fell nearly 1 percent to 8,719.40. Strong October jobs data, including a drop in unemployment to 4.3 percent and a larger-than-expected increase of 42,200 positions, had little impact on sentiment. The Australian dollar hovered near $0.656.
Japan’s Nikkei moved higher, rising above 51,250 as gains in tech and financial stocks offset weakness among major index heavyweights. Producer prices rose 2.7 percent year-on-year in October, slightly above expectations. Elsewhere in Asia, trading was mostly muted, with small moves across major markets.
On Wall Street, the Dow climbed while the Nasdaq drifted lower, and Europe closed broadly higher. Crude oil slumped over 4 percent after OPEC signaled a supply surplus.
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