The broad based mostly restoration seen within the US inventory markets in a single day had created a constructive suggestions loop into the key Asian benchmark inventory indices. As at right now’s Asia mid-session, we witnessed a sea of inexperienced; Japan’s Nikkei 225 +0.97% (28362), South Korea’s KOSPI 200 +1.34% (421.03), China’s CSI 300 +1.54% (5501), Hong Kong’s Grasp Seng Index + 1.20% (29240) & Grasp Seng TECH Index +2.11% (9973), Australia’s ASX 200 +1.50% (6762) and Singapore’s Strait Occasions Index +0.44% (2908).
The underperformance of the Singapore’s Strait Occasions Index (STI) in opposition to its Asian friends had been dragged down the three banks heavy weights that has a mixed weighting of near 38% by way of market capitalisation contained in the STI; DBS, UOB and OCBC recorded losses between -0.30% to -0.40% thus far.
Over to the overseas alternate, the USD had continued to stay agency in opposition to the key currencies the place the US Greenback Index inched larger by +0.44% to shut at 90.98 within the in a single day US session, February 01. From a technical evaluation, the subsequent vital resistance to observe on the US Greenback Index stands at 91.20/40 and a transparent break above 91.40 opens up scope for a possible extension of the on-going corrective rebound in place since 06 January 2021 low of 89.20 in the direction of the subsequent resistance at 92.45.
The weakest currencies in opposition to the USD in right now, February 02 Asia mid-session was the AUD and JPY. The AUD/USD had declined by 8 pips (-0.11%) after it didn’t breach above yesterday, February 01 excessive of 0.7662. It printed a present intraday low of 0.7603 and the on-going weak point within the AUD/USD since 06 January 2021 excessive of 0.7820 was strengthened by a dovish stance adopted by the Australian central financial institution, RBA on the conclusion of its financial coverage resolution assembly right now the place it prolonged its quantitative easing programmed by an additional A$100 billion and didn’t anticipate to extend rates of interest till 2024 on account of a lacklustre jobs market as forecasted. The USD/JPY inched larger by +0.03% to hover across the 105.00 psychological degree because it consolidated its prior two days of stable positive factors of round 70 pips.
It’s appeared {that a} secure USD/CNH (offshore China’s yuan) was one of many most important drivers that managed to keep up present danger on behaviour seen within the Asian inventory markets. Since 05 January 2021, the USD/CNH had solely gained by +0.50% versus a achieve of +1.6% seen within the US Greenback Index that consists a basket of main currencies resembling EUR, GBP, JPY in opposition to the USD. As well as, the chance of a liquidity squeeze within the China additionally had began to subside the place the in a single day repo price had inched decrease to round 2.5% from a five-high of three.28% seen on final Friday, January 29 which in flip supported the present rally seen in Asian shares.
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