Stocks in Asia pushed higher Wednesday, alongside U.S. futures, as investors dialed down worries about the backdrop of protectionism and geopolitical challenges. Treasury yields ticked upwards, while the dollar was flat.
While most shares on the MSCI Asia Pacific Index of stocks rose, benchmarks in Japan, Hong Kong and Australia had modest gains. A positive tone was set by advances in megacap tech shares in the U.S. session, with fresh records posted in Nasdaq indexes. The Australian dollar was buoyed after the nation’s economy expanded faster than forecast as exports rebounded. Crude oil was on track to rise for a second day.
US After Hours : NCS +10%, HUYA +7%, YY +3%, X +1% are higher, while AMBA -9%, OLLI -5% are lower following earnings/guidance
Nikkei +0.45% Hang Seng +0.52% CSI -0.18% Shanghai -0.05% Shenzen -0.08%
Eur$1.1729 CNH 6.3817 CNY 6.3882 JPY 109.88 GBP 1.3413 CHF 0.9846 RUB 61.9660 WTI$ 65.82 +0.44%
S&P +0.17% EuroStoxx +0.17% FTSE +0.08% DAX +0.27% SMI -0.10%
Macro :
- Global Stocks to Rebound on Growth, Earnings, HSBC Says
- U.K. Labour Seeks Soft Brexit in Bid to Force Defeat on May
- ECB Is Said to See June 14 as Pivotal for Debate on QE Exit
Keep an eye on :
- AC FP : Accorhotels Buys Supply Management Platform Adoria
- AZA IM : Italy’s Salvini Says Government Already Working on Flat Tax
- ARGX BB : Argenx Sees Phase 3 Trial of Efgartigimod in gMG Before Yr-End
- BAYN GY : Bayer Banks to Earn EU97 Million on Capital Increase: BZ
- BLT LN : BHP Is Said to Get Shale Bids Valuing Unit Up to $9 Billion
- CA FP : Carrefour Says EU500M Senior Bond Issue Oversubscribed
- DIS US : Disney Says Ready for Talks Requested by U.K. on Fox-Sky Deal
- DUE GY : Dürr Buys Babcock’s Industrial Environmental Unit for EU110M
- DWS GY : DWS Sees Volatile Summer Ahead for Markets, Cuts Risk Exposure
- AZJ LN : EasyJet Load Factor Rose to 93.3% in May From 91.5% Year Earlier
- FORN SW : Forbo Says to Continue With Current Share Buyback Program
- HFG GY : Giant Food to Offer HelloFresh Meal Kits In All 166 Stores
- IBS PL : Ibersol First Quarter Net Income EU3.5 Mln\
- NAS NO : Norwegian Air May Traffic Rises 17% to 3.42M Passengers
- NHH SM : Thailand’s Minor to Bid for All of Spain’s NH Hotel Group (1)
- RI FPF : Pernod Ricard China Net Sales Grew 19% in 9 Months Through March
- UG FP : Peugeot To Cut Engine Output at Douvrin After Iran Exit: CGT
- PHIA NA : MDxHealth, Philips in Global Pact for Prostate Cancer Biomarker
- SIX2 GY : Erich Sixt Boosts Private Placement Size to up to 1.01m Shares
- SKG ID : International Paper Says Won’t Make Offer to Buy Smurfit Kappa
- SNAP US : Snap May Move After Report on Instagram Long-Form Video Plans
- GLE FP : Societe Generale Unit Pleads Guilty to Bribery Conspiracy
- SGC LN : Stagecoach Bus Division Caution Outweighs Dividend: Liberum
- SNH GY : XXXLutz Is Looking at Steinhoff’s Austrian Business, APA Says
- SREN SW : Swiss Re Launches $500m 6-Year Senior Exchangeable Note Offer
- HO FP : Thales Targets Sales Growth of 3% to 5% Annually Through 2021
- TKA GY : Elliott Questions Leadership of Thyssenkrupp CEO: Handelsblatt
- TIG BB : Takeda Says Conditions of Bid for TiGenix Satisfied
- VACN SW : VAT CEO Says Small Acquisitions Should Always Be on Agenda: FuW
- VOE AV : Voestalpine Full Year Ebitda Beats Highest Estimate
- WPP LN : Break up speculation