Opening Bell: Additional Tariff Threat Hits Stocks; USD Slides, Oil Gains
Investing.com | Sep 17, 2018 06:30
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European markets, US futures seesaw amid heightened trade headwinds
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Hong Kong’s Hang Seng underperforms on fresh US tariff batch and typhoon damages
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U.S. dollar falls back below week-old downtrend line
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Oil gains on dollar weakness
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Join the millions of people who stay on top of global financial markets with Investing.com.Download NowCanadian Foreign Securities Purchases for July are released Monday.
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Foreign Securities Purchases by Canadians for July are released Monday.
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Canadian Manufacturing Sales for July are released Tuesday.
- South Korean President Moon Jae-in visits Pyongyang for a summit with Kim Jong Un on Tuesday
- The Bank of Japan holds its policy meeting on Wednesday.
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Canadian ADP Nonfarm Employment Change is released Thursday.
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Canada’s S&P/TSX Composite closed up 0.07 percent last Friday.
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The STOXX Europe 600 fell 0.2 percent.
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Futures on the S&P 500 dropped 0.2 percent.
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The MSCI All-Country World Index ticked 0.2 percent lower.
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The MSCI Emerging Market Index slipped 1.2 percent.
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The Canadian loonie was up 0.08 percent against the U.S. greenback early Monday, trading at 0.7677.
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The Dollar Index lost 0.15 percent.
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The euro was 0.32 percent higher at $1.1660.
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The Japanese yen gained 0.04 percent to 112.03 per dollar.
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The Turkish lira gave up 1.5 percent to 6.2661 per dollar.
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The Indian rupee inched 0.9 percent lower to 72.523 per dollar.
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The MSCI Emerging Markets Currency Index fell 0.4 percent.
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Canada’s 10-year yield was up early Monday at 2.359, a 0.60-percent decrease.
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The yield on 10-year Treasurys fell one basis point to 2.99 percent.
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Germany’s 10-year yield was unchanged at 0.45 percent.
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Britain’s 10-year yield climbed less than one basis point to 1.53 percent.
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The spread of Italy’s 10-year bonds over Germany’s slid eight basis points.
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The Bloomberg Commodity Index slipped 0.2 percent.
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West Texas Intermediate crude ticked 0.3 percent higher to $69.19 a barrel.
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LME copper dropped 1.3 percent to $5,895.50 per metric ton.
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Gold gained 0.1 percent to $1,195.47 an ounce.
European equities and stock futures on the S&P 500, Dow, NASDAQ 100 wavered on Monday, as the US pressed ahead with a new batch of tariffs on Chinese imports, exacerbating trade tensions. An ongoing exodus from emerging markets currencies supported the dollar from a harder fall, though the buck still gave up all its Friday's gains.
The Europe-wide STOXX 600 opened 0.1 percent lower, then found firmer footing, only to slip back into the red by late morning session. Carmakers and miners, which could take a hit in a less competitive export environment, led the decline.
Earlier, during the Asian session, Chinese shares bore the brunt of the selloff which followed the news that President Donald Trump instructed aides to impose an additional $200 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports—a move that could be made official as soon as today.
In parts of Asia, geopolitical headwinds weren't the only disrupters this morning. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng underperformed, losing 1.30 percent, in the aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut, the most powerful storm this year and responsible for more than $29.1 million in damages. The mainland’s Shanghai Composite dropped 1.11 percent, for a two-day slide of 1.3 percent.
The Shanghai Composite closed at 2651.79, the lowest level since November 28, 2014, after posting a trough lower than the January 28 close 2655.66. Technical purists would wait on declaring a major support break till the intraday 2638.30, registered a day earlier, is violated.
Korea’s KOSPI edged 0.66 percent lower. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 outperformed, climbing 0.32 percent. A rally in financials outweighed a selloff in healthcare stocks, hit by reports of a public inquiry into the aged-care system. Ironically, today’s leading sector was recently the target of regulatory scrutiny as well.
h2 Global Financial Affairs/h2Yesterday we argued that US equities look set for further rallies, after traders bought the dip and committed to their positions over the weekend. However, futures this morning seem to suggest lingering hesitation.
The argument could be made that it was two different groups of traders propping up prices over the weekend and sending them lower today, or that these traders are merely riding Monday's global selloff and will show more direction in the upcoming US session.
Meanwhile, the dollar weakness, at least relative to FX majors, may signal that investors are less worried about potential impact of protracted trade tensions and have therefore rotated out of the safe haven currency.
Technically, the DXY fell back below its week-old downtrend line.
WTI crude rebounded from a drop, as a weakening dollar probably helped it offset signs of increased drilling by US producers.
USD losses also helped copper rebound from an earlier slide, though at time of writing it has resumed its slide.
h2 Up Ahead/h2All information correct as of time of writing
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