A gauge of Asian stocks eased from its session highs, mirroring moves seen on Wall Street, as investors weighed a slowdown in US inflation ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy decision. Shares in Japan, South Korea and Australia held advances of less than 1% while those in Hong Kong and mainland China fluctuated. US equity futures rose about 0.2% in Asia after the S&P 500 closed off its intraday peak on Tuesday. Investors are awaiting more clues on the Fed’s interest-rate path from the decision later Wednesday and Chair Jerome Powell’s briefing. The dollar clawed back some of the ground it lost to its Group-of-10 counterparts Tuesday while emerging-market currencies strengthened versus the greenback. The New Zealand dollar fell in a decline that accelerated after the government warned a recession was likely next year. Treasuries were little changed after rallying Tuesday, when data showed Powell’s key measure of services prices excluding energy and rents moderated again in November. While price pressures appear to have peaked, headline CPI remains above 7%, suggestig the Fed has more work to do to rein in inflation. Australian bonds rose, led by the rate-sensitive three-year maturity. A dovish repricing swept across rates markets on Tuesday. With a half-percentage point move by the Fed notched in, wagers leaned toward a quarter-point increase as early as February. Further out, swaps priced the peak Fed policy rate around 4.85% by May, down from almost 5% ahead of Tuesday’s inflation print. The current Fed policy range is 3.75% to 4%. oil fell slightly ahead of the Fed decision and after rallying 6% over the previous two sessions. Gold steadied near its highest level since July.
Nikkei +0,78% Hang Seng +0,69% CSI +0,21% Shanghai +0,13% Shenzen +0,13%
Eur$ 1,0624 CNH 6,9628 CNY 6,9609 JPY 135,48 GBP 1,2358 CHF 0,9288 WTI$ 75,23 -0,20% Gold 1,809,62 -0,06% BTC 17,760 ETH 1318 -0,10%
S&P +0,31% Nasdaq +0,33% EuroStoxx +0,10% FTSE +0,00% Dax -0,01% SMI +0,13%
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