By Thomas Leppert
Dow Jones– At the stock markets in East Asia and Australia, the majority go up on Tuesday. This is followed by the Wall Street, where record highs were reached again at the start of the week. The expectation on Wednesday falls on Wednesday ensures the good atmosphere, and the trade talks between the USA and China also seem to be good. U.S. Finance Minister Bessent said after talks in Madrid with China’s chief negotiator that a framework for an agreement on the ownership of the Chinese social media company Tiktok was found.
The Nikkei index in Tokyo gains 0.5 percent to 44,987 points, after not trading in Japan on Monday due to the holiday “Honoring of the Old Yaps”. We are looking for electronic stocks and papers from Handelshäuserm. Kioxia Holdings increased by 4.3 percent and Marubeni by 2.5 percent.
There is little movement on the Chinese stock exchanges. In Shanghai, the Composite gives in a minimal manner, but the HSI in Hong Kong increases by 0.1 percent. In Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 increases by 0.3 percent.
Star in the region is still Seoul. There for some time now it has only been in one direction in the one -way street, and upwards. The Kospi currently increases by a further 1.2 percent. Here further supports that plans to increase capital gains tax have been rejected on shares. Nomura also sees the Bank of Korea in October and November, a higher probability of successive interest rate reductions in October and November.
The development in the negotiations gave investors green light that besides the expected Interest rate Commented for positive signs, commented Dan Ives, Analyst at Wedbush Securities. “The market continues its upward trend and seems to be concerned that should be worried, such as the slowdown of employment growth,” says Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategy at Charles Schwab. “We are in ‘don’t stand against the fed’ mode.”
Increasing fundamental data in the profits are also an important driver for the recently strong profits on the Asian stock exchanges, say Vis Nayar and Ray Farris from Eastspring Investments. US trade agreements in most Asian markets would have led to higher profit forecasts for the coming year.
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Index (stock exchange) last +/- % % YTD end
S&P/ASX 200 (Sydney) 8,877.80 +0.3% +8.7% 08:00
Nikkei-225 (Tokyo) 44,986.60 +0.5% +12.2% 08:30
Kospi (SEOUL) 3,448.10 +1.2% +43.7% 08:30
Shanghai-Comp. 3,856.45 -0.1% +15.5% 09:00
Hang-Seng (Hongk.) 26.466.45 +0.1% +31.5% 10:00
Last +/- % 00:00 Mon, 09:23 % YTD
EUR/USD 1.1776 0.1 1.1765 1.1737 +13.3%
EUR/JPY 173.14 -0.1 173.37 173.08 +6.3%
EUR/GBP 0.8649 0.0 0.8648 0.8642 +4.6%
GBP/USD 1.3615 0.1 1.3604 1.3582 +8.3%
USD/JPY 147.04 -0.2 147.36 147.46 -6.1%
USD/KRW 1,379.95 -0.4 1,385,19 1,387.35 -5.6%
USD/CNY 7,0882 -0.1 7.0928 7.0975 -1.6%
USD/CNH 7.1136 -0.1 7.1184 7.1229 -2.9%
USD/HKD 7,7788 -0.0 7.7798 7.7754 +0.2%
AUD/USD 0.6661 -0.1 0.6668 0.6662 +7.4%
NZD/USD 0.5961 -0.2 0.5970 0.5961 +6.4%
BTC/USD 115,481.25 -0.1 115,558,45 116,272.65 +22.6%
Rawoel last VT closing +/- % +/- USD % YTD
WTI/Nymex 63.45 63.30 +0.2% +0.15 -12.9%
Brent/ICE 67.61 67.44 +0.3% +0.17 -10.6%
Metals last the last day +/- % +/- USD % YTD
Gold 3,684.85 3,678.50 +0.2% +6.35 +38.8%
Silver 42.69 42.6915 -0.0% -0.01 +46.2%
Platin 1,194.09 1,194.12 -0.0% -0.03 +36.1%
Copper 4.69 4.72 -0.7% -0.03 +14.0%
YTD based on the final course of the previous day
(Information provided without guarantee)
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