Tuesday, 23 January 2018
Asian equity indexes higher as US gov shutdown ended; BOJ keeps policy steady
Asian equity
indexes were mostly higher on Tuesday following a solid lead from Wall Street
as lawmakers were able to revert the government shutdown.
Earlier in the day,
the Bank of Japan announced its keeping current monetary policy configuration
steady after a two-day meeting. This decision cause little market volatility as
it was a widely expected outcome.
Wall Street top
three stock indexes were able to end Monday’s session in green territory as the
US Congress put an end to a the federal government shutdown for at least three
weeks.
President Donald
Trump signed a bill aimed to extend funding the administration through February
8. In return to Democrats support, the Senate will debate on immigration
matters.
The Dow Jones
industrial average added 142.88 points or 0.55 percent to finish at 26,214.60,
marking a new all-time high. The S&P 500 was up 0.8 percent at 2,832.97,
while the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite also ended at an all-time peak, at
7,408.03.
Market participants
also monitored the corporate earnings season. To date, nearly 68 percent of the
S&P 500 companies have shown better-than-expected earnings this season, and
85 percent of those have reported stronger sales figures than initially
estimated.
<<< Asian
Stock Indexes at 07:50 GMT >>>
Australia ASX
S&P +44.50 +0.73% 6,150.70
Shanghai
Composite +45.14 +1.29% 3,546.50
Hong
Kong Hang Seng +476.95 +1.47% 32,870.36
Japan
Nikkei 225 +307.82 +1.29% 24,124.15
Taiwan
TSEC 50 Index +21.65 +0.19% 11,253.11
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Today, attention
will be directed mainly to the European economic front. Germany’s ZEW current
conditions and economic sentiment for
January is due for release as of 10:00 GMT.
Traders will also
keep an eye on an meeting of European Finance ministers scheduled later in the
day. And the United Kingdom is expected to show CBI industrial trends orders at
11:00 GMT.
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in the United States >>>
The American
Petroleum Institute will present its latest crude and refined products
stockpiles estimates at 21:35 GMT on Tuesday.
Analysts are
forecasting a 1.3 million barrels reduction in weekly crude supplies; a 2.440
million barrels increase in gasoline stocks; and a 1.580 million barrels draw
in distillate inventories.
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