Japan stocks led declines in most Asian equities, with the yen extending gains amid more twists and turns on trade and lingering emerging-market risks. The dollar was steady and 10-year Treasury yields extended their decline below 3 percent. Automakers were the biggest drag on the Topix index, as the yen surged after President Donald Trump ordered consideration of a probe into automobile imports. Shares fell in Australia and South Korea, and rose in Hong Kong. All major U.S. equity benchmarks rose Wednesday after minutes from the most recent Federal Reserve meeting showed American central bankers in no hurry to accelerate the pace of rate hikes even as the economy continues to improve. Oil slipped.
Nikkei -1.15% HAng Seng +0.01% CSI -0.38% Shanghai -0.23% Shenzen -0.17%
Eur$ 1.1706 CNH 6.3858 CNY 6.3918 JPY 109.47 GBP 1.3367 CHF 0.9932 RUB 61.3917 WTI$ 71.61 -0.32%
S&P -0.16% EuroStoxx -0.03% FTSE +0.01% DAX -0.09% SMI +0.10%
Macro :
- Italy’s President Asks Conte to Form A Government
Keep an eye on :
- AC FP : Accor May Expand to 40 Hotel Brands Within Five Years, CEO Says
- ARCUS NO : Arcus First Quarter Ebitda Misses Lowest Estimate
- ARYN SW : Aryzta Third Quarter Revenue EU811.4 Mln
- AYDEN IPO : Adyen Existing Shareholders to Sell About 15% Stake in IPO: FD
- BAB LN : Babcock in talks with BAE over joint bid for Royal Navy contract - FT
- BG AV : Bawag 1Q Pretax Profit Falls 4% as Regulatory Charges Weigh
- BBVA SM : BBVA Receives Bank of Spain MREL Requirement
- BMC US : KKR Is Said to Be in Exclusive Talks to Buy BMC Software: NYP
- CAPC LN : *CAPITAL & COUNTIES CONSIDERING SPLIT INTO TWO LISTED COMPANIES
- CAI AV : CA Immo First Quarter FFO I EU27.7 Mln
- CBK GY : Commerzbank Pretax Estimates, Rating Cut at Morgan Stanley
- DBK GY : Deutsche Bank’s Structured Derivatives Trading Head Said to Exit
- DBK GY : Deutsche Bank Targets 2019 Adj. Costs at EU22b
- DIS US : ESPN and UFC In New Five-Year Pact, Package Deal To Cost $1.5b
- DNO NO : DNO Gets $47.23M Payment for February Tawke Crude Oil Deliveries
- ERICB SS : Ericsson Chairman Bought 44,380 Shares at SEK65.08 a Share
- GIMB BB : Gimv Full Year Net Income EU107.1 Mln
- HMB SS : H&M’s 2Q Set to be Soft, 2H Key to FY Profit Outcome: Jefferies
- IMMO BB : Immobel Acquires 30% of Shares of Urban Living Belgium NV
- KPN NA : Royal KPN to Pay EU0.013/Sh in Cash in Special Interim Dividend
- MC FP : LVMH’s Arnault makes further investment in Lyst in ecommerce push
- KN FP : Natixis Names Champion, Delay, Fraisse, Marie to Exec Committee
- NDA SS : Nordea Apologizes for EU500 Notes Used in Laundering, TV2 Says
- NOVOB DC : Novo Could Cut U.S. Prices 30-40% Without Middle Men: Berlingske
- ORSTED DC : Orsted Fails to Win Contract for Massachusetts Offshore Project
- PPB LN : Paddy Power Betfair to Combine U.S. Unit With FanDuel
- PRY IM : General Cable Gains on Report Not Being Probed by DOJ
- RIO LN : Rio’s $3.5b Grasberg Exit Would Beat Valuation, Macquarie Says
- SAB SM : Banco Sabadell Notified of MREL Requirement
- SDR LN : Schroders to Buy Minority Stake in Singapore-based WeInvest
- GLE FP : SocGen Shareholders Approve New Four-Year Term for Bini Smaghi
- GLE FP : SocGen Has No Exposure in Iran, Deputy CEO Lebot Says
- SWECB SS : Sweco’s New CEO Plans Hiring Spree to Drive Organic Growth
- TALK LN : TalkTalk Is Said to Sell Part of Customer Base to Daisy: Sky
- TEF SM : Telefonica Hires Javier Solana: Vozpopuli
- TIT IM : Italy Regulator to Review Telecom Italia Grid Spinoff Thursday
- TCG LN : Thomas Cook to Refurbish Part of Aircraft Fleet, Debus Tells BZ
- UCG IM : UniCredit: Finja Carolin Kuetz New Chief Transformation Officer
- UL NA : Westfield Holders Vote to Approve Takeover by Unibail-Rodamco
- UQA AV : Uniqa First Quarter Net Income Gains, Helped by One-Time Sale
- VONN SW : Vontobel Buys Notenstein La Roche From Raiffeisen for CHF700m
- VOW3 GY : *APPLE IS SAID TO SIGN DRIVERLESS CAR DEAL WITH VOLKSWAGEN: NYT
- YPSN SW : Ypsomed Full Year Sales Beat Highest Estimate