Asian equity markets declined on Wednesday as traders braced for the latest data on US inflation, which could influence the direction of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index shed as much as 1.8 per cent, China’s CSI 300 declined 0.6 per cent and Japan’s Topix was down 0.6 per cent.
US consumer inflation reached 9.1 per cent in June, the highest level in 40 years, which the central bank has met with back-to-back interest rate increases of 0.75 percentage points.
Economists polled by Reuters expect month-on-month headline inflation of 0.2 per cent and a year-on-year rate of 8.7 per cent. Markets are pricing in the possibility of another 0.75 percentage point rise at the central bank’s next policy meeting in September.
In government bond markets, the yield on the two-year US Treasury note, which moves with interest rate expectations, shed 0.02 percentage points, having added 0.05 points on Tuesday. The yield on the 10-year note, which moves with inflation and growth expectations, edged 0.01 per cent lower, having also gained the previous day.
Wednesday’s market moves followed the release of Chinese inflation data, which showed consumer prices rising by a less than expected 2.7 per cent year on year and 0.5 per cent compared with the previous month.
The moves were led by the tech sector, which is particularly sensitive to inflation and interest rate expectations, with the Hang Seng Tech index dropping as much as 3.1 per cent. The biggest declines were for electric car makers Nio, XPeng and Li Auto, which shed as much as 7.2 per cent, 6.6 per cent and 6.9 per cent, respectively.
Oil prices were little moved on Wednesday, with international benchmark Brent crude and US marker West Texas Intermediate both flat at $96.25 and $90.30 per barrel, respectively.
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2022-08-10 08:31:03Z
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