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Asian Shares Break Losing Streak As China Cuts Key Mortgage Rate – Reuters

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January 20, 2022
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  • MSCI Asia ex-Japan +1%, Nikkei 225 +1.11%
  • European share futures point to higher open
  • China cuts mortgage reference rate for first time in nearly 2 years
  • Risk of Russia-Ukraine flare up could weigh on markets -ING

SHANGHAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Asian share markets broke a five-day slide, pushing higher on Thursday as China underscored its diverging monetary and economic picture by cutting benchmark mortgage rates.

The rise was set to continue in Europe, where strong earnings helped to support gains a day earlier. In early deals, pan-region Euro Stoxx 50 futures were up 0.32%, German DAX futures were 0.2% higher and FTSE futures rose 0.46%.

Despite the bounce, analysts at ING said geo-political risks, notably the possibility of Russia invading Ukraine, could continue to weigh on global shares, adding to existing pressure from the rising rates outlook.

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“Markets may soon start to take into account a greater risk of a conflict flare-up between Russia and Ukraine, which is one reason why stocks may continue to sell and why Treasury yields aren’t on a one-way ticket higher.”

U.S. President Joe Biden predicted on Wednesday that Russia will make a move on Ukraine, saying a full-scale invasion would be “a disaster for Russia” but suggesting there could be a lower cost for a “minor incursion.” read more

Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will move more quickly to hike interest rates to combat inflation hit technology shares particularly hard overnight, pushing the Nasdaq down more than 1% into correction territory.

The sell-off hit bonds as well, pushing U.S. Treasury yields to two-year highs on Wednesday, and taking Germany’s 10-year yield into positive territory for the first time since May 2019 as investors bet policymakers will curb years of stimulus in order to fight rising inflation exacerbated by supply chain disruption.

“There comes a point when you’ve offloaded, you might want to stop offloading. If bonds start to rally a little bit, and you saw yields ease off yesterday in the U.S., it kind of feels like … we might actually not get a follow-through,” said Matt Simpson, senior market analyst at City Index in Sydney.

In stark contrast with the global move toward tighter policy and higher rates, China on Thursday cut its mortgage reference rate for the first time in nearly two years. The move followed a surprise cut to the central bank’s rate for one-year medium-term loans on Monday. read more

Chinese monetary authorities have signalled that they will take more easing steps this year to shore up slowing growth in the world’s second-largest economy. read more Data released on Monday showed weakness in consumption and the property sector darkening the outlook despite a strong headline growth figure. read more

China’s blue-chip CSI300 index (.CSI300) rose more than 1% on Thursday and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up nearly 3% in afternoon trading. Shares of Chinese property developers boosted gains in the broad index amid hopes that government measures would help ease a funding squeeze in the embattled sector, even as another developer warned of default. read more

The rise in Chinese shares lifted MSCI’s broadest index of Asian shares outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) 1% higher.

Seoul’s Kospi (.KS11) rose 0.68% and Australian shares (.AXJO) gained 0.14%. In Tokyo, the Nikkei (.N225) added 1.11%.

The gains in Asia came after investors on Wall Street looked past robust earnings at the outlook for inflation and rate rises.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) fell 0.96% and the S&P 500 (.SPX) lost 0.97%. The Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC) dropped 1.15%, putting it more than 10% below its Nov. 19 record closing high to confirm a correction.

In the Asian session, U.S. yields edged up, but remained below their highs in the previous session. The benchmark 10-year yield rose to 1.8540% from a U.S. close of 1.827%, and the policy-sensitive two-year yield touched 1.0555% compared with a U.S. close of 1.025%.

The pause in Treasury yields’ march higher kept the greenback in check, with the dollar index which measures the greenback against six major peers at edging down to 95.553 as commodity currencies benefited from high oil prices.

The Aussie dollar was 0.26% higher.

The U.S. dollar edged up 0.17% against the Japanese yen to 114.50 and the euro rose 0.07% to $1.1349.

In commodity markets, oil prices remained elevated after touching their highest levels since 2014 on Wednesday on strong demand and short-term supply disruptions. Global benchmark Brent crude was last down 0.1% at $88.36 per barrel and U.S. crude rose 0.36% to $87.27 per barrel.

Gold paused after marking its best session in three months a day earlier. Spot gold gave up 0.08% to $1,838.40 an ounce.

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Reporting by Andrew Galbraith; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore and Gerry Doyle

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