JEQ - Asia-Pacific markets mostly in green on dovish Fed's remark; eyes on Middle-East conflicts

2023-10-10 02:03:26 ET

Japan +2.56% . Japan's current account surplus fell to JPY 2.280 trillion in August 2023 from JPY 2.772 trillion in July, misses forecast.

China -0.52% . Mainland stocks struggled to gain momentum amid a lack of market-moving cues. Markets also cautiously awaited Chinese inflation and trade figures later in the week to guide the economic outlook for the country.

Hong Kong +1.32% .

India +0.58% .

Australia +1.01% . Australian October Consumer Confidence +2.9% m/m to 82.0.

Australian Weekly ANZ Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence survey 80.1 (prior 78.2).

In the U.S. on Monday, all three major indexes ended higher boosted by dovish Federal Reserve remarks with the market remaining focused on the conflict in the Middle East.

Currencies: ( JPY:USD ), ( CNY:USD ), ( AUD:USD ), ( INR:USD ), ( HKD:USD ), ( NZD:USD ).

U.S. stock futures were little changed on Tuesday after the major averages ended in positive territory in the last session: Dow +0.01% ; S&P 500 +0.06% ; Nasdaq +0.15% .

ETFs: ( JEQ ), ( EWJ ), ( DXJ ), ( FXY ), ( FXI ), ( KWEB ), ( CQQQ ), ( MCHI ), ( ASHR ), ( YINN ), ( TDF ), ( CHIQ ), ( GXC ), ( EWH ), ( KBA ), ( YANG ), ( CXSE ), ( CAF ), ( CWEB ), ( PGJ ), ( KURE ), ( CHIX ), ( CYB ).

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