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7/2/2021 5:41:05 AM GMT
Asia Market Update: Asia trades mixed ahead of US jobs report, Chinese markets lag; AU and NZ gov t bond yields decline.
General trend
- US equity FUTs trade mixed ahead of data; 10-yr UST yield declines.
- Shanghai Composite opened lower and continued to drop during morning session [Healthcare, Financials and Consumer indices drop over 2%].
- Hang Seng opened slightly higher (+0.1%) following holiday, the index later dropped by over 1.5% [TECH index drops over 3%; Property and Financial firms also trade generally weaker].
- Nikkei has seen modest rise after opening flat; Fast Retailing to report Jun sales after the market close.
- 005380.KR Will temporarily halt production in the US due to chip shortages and maintenance – Yonhap.
China/Hong Kong
- 1211.HK Says it is talking to Xiaomi regarding auto partnership.
Other
- (SG) Singapore Central Bank (MAS) Survey: Economists see 2021 CPI at 1.4% (prior 0.9%); GDP at 6.5% (prior 5.8%).
- (G7) G7 Communique: Agree need to continue support economies for as long as necessary, shifting focus towards job creation and infrastructure investment, once recovery is firmly established need to work on repairing public finances, generally agreed inflation was temporary.
- (IQ) Iraq Oil Min Jabbar: Expect oil prices to be $68-75/bbl in second half of 2021 due to commitment to OPEC+ output cut - speaking from Baghdad International Book Fair.
- WBC.AU ASIC commences civil proceedings in relation to the sale of consumer credit insurance.
- (AU) Australia Trade Min Tehan: Will protect interests against any country (talking about China warning of joining sanctions on officials).
Japan
- (JP) Japan Chief Cabinet Sec Kato: Untrue that Japan is considering vaccinating Olympic Athletes.
- 5486.JP Hitachi Ltd. reportedly in talks with Bain about potential sale of its metals division - Nikkei.
- (JP) Japan Feb Current Account: ¥2.92T v ¥2.00Te; Adj Current Account: ¥1.79T v ¥1.02Te; Trade Balance (BoP): ¥524.2B v -¥130.1B prior.
- (JP) Japan MoF sells ¥2.5T v ¥2.5T indicated in 0.10% 5-year JGBs; avg yield -0.0910% v -0.062% prior, bid to cover 4.55x v 3.25x prior (highest btc since Oct 2020).
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005380.KR No cooperation agreements on EVs happening, have requests from multiple companies to co-develop autonomous, electric cars
- (KR) Bank of Korea (BOK) sells KRW840B v KRW700B indicated in 1-year Monetary Stabilization Bonds (MSB); avg yield 0.670% v 0.710% prior
China/Hong Kong
Hang Seng opened +1.2%; Shanghai Composite opened +0.2%
- (CN) CHINA JAN FOREIGN RESERVES: $3.211B V $3.222TE; Gold reserves: $116.8B v $118.3B m/m; Gold reserves in Troy oz: 62.64M troy oz v 62.64M prior
- (CN) Beijing, China to launch test related to digital currency over the Lunar New Year holiday - China Daily
- (CN) China PBOC Open Market Operation (OMO): Injects CNY110B in 7-day reverse repos v CNY100B in 14-day reverse repos prior; Net Inject CNY10B v Net CNY0B prior