Asian equities rose while European and US share futures fluctuated on the final trading day of a brutal year in financial markets that has dragged stocks and bonds to their worst annual run in more than a decade. Equity benchmarks in Japan, Australia and China gained ground while contracts for the S&P 500 wavered, taking the shine off the best day this month for the index on Thursday when it jumped 1.7%. The dollar stemmed a decline from the prior session, Treasury yields inched higher and the yen rallied as the Bank of Japan unveiled a third day of unscheduled bond purchases. The uncertain direction sapped hopes for a stellar rally to close out 2022 — a year when inflation reasserted itself to wipe a fifth in value from global stocks, the worst run since the financial crisis. Few regions were spared the pain with Asian stocks falling more than 19% this year, a shade off the decline for global equities. Bonds lost 16% of value, the biggest decline since at least 1990 for one leading measure, as central banks raced to slow rising consumer prices by hiking interest rates around the world. Nasdaq 100 futures also whipsawed after the benchmark jumped 2.5% Thursday. The index has lost a third of value this year as tech stocks emerged as some of the most vulnerable to rising rates. Concerns about the global fallout from rising Covid-19 infections in China were partly eased when Italy said it didn’t find any new strains of the virus in recent Chinese arrivals. Italy and the US this week imposed testing requirements for airline passengers arriving from China as a wave of inflection grips the world’s most populous nation. oil rose after a three-day run of declines on worries about a rise in crude stockpiles and concerns that rising Covid-19 infections in China would slow demand in one of the world’s top oil importers. US After Hours Another quiet after hours session; ORIC +5.1% higher as Pfizer discloses stake; HSII +1.5% on deal to acquire Atreus.
Nikkei +0.00% Hang Seng +0.54% CSI +0.53% Shanghai +0.53% Shenzen +0.40%
Eur$ 1.0656 CNH 6.9738 CNY 6.9585 JPY 132.69 GBP 1.2044 CHF 0.9235 RUB 73.9690 TRY 18.7087 WTI$ 78.78 +0.30% Gold 1,816 +0.06% BTC 16,540 -0.30% ETH 1,193 -0.10%
S&P -0.42% Nasdaq -0.54% EuroStoxx -0.47% FTSE -0.26% Dax -0.39% SMI -0.52%
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