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Mid East conflict keeps markets nervous ahead of China’s reopening – Oct 8

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Fixed Income

10-year U.S. Treasury yield held above 4% in early Asia trade, as a robust U.S. labour market prompted traders to heavily scale back their expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts.

Equities

MSCI’s broadest index of APAC ex-Japan ell 0.05%, Nikkei (.N225), opens new tab opened 0.79% lower.
Hang Seng China Enterprises index up 11% in catch-up rally for the mainland.
Before the break, China announced its most aggressive stimulus measures since the pandemic, sent CSI300 soaring 25% over five sessions and global share markets rallying.

Forex

DXY eased 0.02% to 102.44, though it hovered near a seven-week high hit on Friday, having already had a strong run last week due to Middle East conflict.

Commodities

Brent crude futures surging above $80 a barrel for the first time in over a month in the previous session.
U.S. crude futures rose 0.14% to $77.25 a barrel.
XAU little changed at $2,643.33 an ounce.
Index Last Change % Change
trading lower

41,954.24 -398.51 0.94%Negative
trading lower

17,923.90 -213.94 1.18%Negative
trading lower

5,695.94 -55.13 0.96%Negative
Index Last Change % Change
trading lower

39,062.97 -269.77 0.69%Negative
unchanged

23,099.78
trading lower

81,050.00 -638.45 0.78%Negative

Source: LSEG, opens new tab – data delayed by at least 15 minutes

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