Asian shares rose while the dollar fell on expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut this year, with the US inflation data due this week likely indicating easing price pressure. Stock markets in Hong Kong, China, Australia, South Korea and Japan advanced on Monday, while US equity futures were little changed. The Australian dollar, the euro and the yen strengthened somewhat versus the greenback, with Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida saying the end of the battle with deflation was in sight. Global investors are hopeful that the Fed, along with the European Central Bank and its peers, will reduce interest rates this year. This, along with strong company earnings and signals from US officials that further rate hikes are unlikely, has boosted investor sentiment. A swath of inflation prints from Australia to Japan, the Eurozone and the US is due this week as traders finesse bets on the outlook for monetary policy. The Fed’s favorite measure of underlying inflation is due on Friday and is expected to show modest relief. The ECB is widely expected to cut rates for the first time since concluding an unprecedented tightening campaign at its June meeting. But US officials are moving toward a pivot at a slower pace, with Fed Chair Jerome Powell stressing the need for more evidence that inflation is on a sustained path to their 2% goal before cutting the policy benchmark. John Williams, Lisa Cook, Neel Kashkari and Lorie Logan are among the US central bankers due to speak. Trading of cash Treasuries was closed. British and US markets are closed Monday for holidays. That means the “T+1” rule that has the potential to cause trouble for overseas investors will come into effect when traders come back from the long weekend — making US equities settle in one day rather than two. Helping to lift sentiment, profits at China’s industrial companies rose in April, data showed on Monday, as a government push for equipment upgrade lifted demand and exports returned to growth. A global cyclical boom in technology products like chips as well as a push by the Chinese government to get firms to replace their old equipment likely supported the upturn. Meanwhile, gold rose. This year has witnessed a rolling series of commodity price spikes thanks to supply constraints, surging demand and even some speculative activity. Oil moved higher after its biggest weekly loss in four, with the focus on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its partners, who are set to gather online on June 2 to discuss supply cuts.
Nikkei +0.45% Hang Seng +0.71% CSI +0.48% Shanghai +0.59% Shenzen -0.23%
Eur$ 1.0849 CNH 7.2584 CNY 7.2451 JPY 156.79 GBP 1.2742 CHF 0.9143 RUB 89.6000 TRY 32.2273 WTI$ 77.99 +0.35% Gold 2,343 +0.40% BTC 68,699 +0.05% ETH 3,912 +1.38%
S&P -0.02% Nasdaq -0.05% EuroStoxx -0.06% FTSE -0.28% Dax -0.10% SMI -0.04%
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