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Global Market Today: Shares edge higher in Asia as oil dips, earnings loom
While there were no new developments in the fractious U.S.-Iran peace talks, ships are passing through the Strait of Hormuz with 160 vessels reported from Monday to Saturday last week.
OPEC+ also agreed a further increase in output targets by 188,000 barrels per day from August, on top of similar increases for June and July. As a result, Brent slipped 0.6% to near four-month lows at $71.70 a barrel and U.S. crude lost 0.5% to $68.38. [O/R]
The cooling in energy costs combined with a softer U.S. payrolls report, led markets to scale back the risk of a Federal Reserve rate hike in the near term, with futures implying a 78% chance of a steady outcome at the July 29 meeting.
Minutes of the Fed’s last meeting are due on Wednesday and should offer colour on the hawkish turn by some board members, though that preceded the recent slide in oil.
“Even if you thought there was a risk the Fed might move soon, I think we’re safe at least for another month,” said Richard Yetsenga, head of research at ANZ.
“Our view overall still is the Fed won’t do anything, but clearly we’ve been above target on the Fed’s preferred inflation measure for five years,” he added. “There is some risk that the Fed just runs out of patience.” The diminished risk of a hike this month should allow investors to focus on the looming earnings season, where the AI boom is set to deliver bumper tech profits.
This week has just Delta Air Lines and PepsiCo as tasters, though Samsung Electronics is set to make a splash on Tuesday as analysts expect an 18-fold increase in profits.
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South Korea’s red hot market cooled a little last week but is still up 92% for the year so far as AI demand and tight supplies boost chip prices. The index added another 2.25% on Monday, while Japan’s Nikkei eased 0.1%.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained 0.4%.
In Europe, EUROSTOXX 50 futures were flat, while DAX futures rose 0.2% and FTSE futures fell 0.2%. S&P 500 futures firmed 0.5%, while Nasdaq futures climbed 1.4% on top of a 2.1% gain last week.
The data calendar kicks off with the U.S. ISM Services survey later on Monday where forecasts favour a slight pullback to a still-healthy 54.0 in June.
A clutch of central bankers are speaking at an ECB conference later in the day, including Fed Board Governor Christopher Waller, while ECB President Christine Lagarde is also due to speak in Paris.
New Zealand’s central bank is due to meet on Wednesday and markets are wagering it will raise its 2.25% cash rate by a quarter point, the first hike since mid-2023.
Policy makers have foreshadowed a tightening for some time, though again that was before the tumble in oil prices and there has to be a chance it will surprise by holding rates steady.
In currency markets, the dollar index had steadied at 100.880 after dipping in the wake of the disappointing June payrolls report. The euro was flat at $1.1445, just above the recent 13-month low of $1.1325.
The dollar held at 161.45 yen, not far from 40-year peaks of 162.84 as speculators remain wary of Japanese intervention.
In commodity markets, gold was little moved at $4,177 an ounce, having bounced 2% last week. [GOL/]
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