Wall Street declines and mixed trading in Asia and oil moves positively
Oil and gas prices rose, though not much as a result of Russia’s move to halt gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria from Wednesday, which is seen as a major escalation in response to Western sanctions against Moscow
Evest follows market developments in the following report
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Ongoing talks on the Russian-Ukrainian war
Wall Street declines and positive trading in China
Oil grows in the Asian session
European stocks decline slightly
Ongoing talks on the Russian-Ukrainian war
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said during talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday
that violating Ukraine’s territorial integrity is incompatible with the UN Charter
Guterres suggested creating a joint group of representatives of the World Organization
Russia and Ukraine to ensure the operation of the humanitarian corridors
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia could not sign security guarantees for Ukraine
without resolving the issue of Crimea and Donbas
In global markets, reducing the volume of portfolio risk assets is facilitated
by concern over the vigorous tightening of U.S. monetary policy
The United States regulator’s rapidly raising the interest rate and reducing the accumulated balance
under quantitative easing programs will increase the cost of dollar financing and liquidity flow from the market
It will also boost US Treasury yields, increasing their attractiveness as a stock investment due to their low-risk nature
Wall Street declines and positive trading in China
In the United States, stock indexes fell by 2.4-4% on Tuesday
and the Nasdaq index (-4%) ended trading at its lowest level since the end of 2020
with concerns about the global economic outlook
Traders are under pressure because of factors such as the coronavirus outbreak in China
high inflation rates and the potential for central banks around the world to raise interest rates
Each contributes to the growth of concern about further economic growth and causes volatility in the market
the Wall Street Journal writes
In Asia, the dynamics of stock indices mixed on Tuesday
Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell by 1.2%, the Shanghai Composite index rose by 2.4%
and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose by 0.1%
Troubled Chinese stocks bucked the trend, rising 2.94% as sentiment got a short-term
boost from data showing earnings growth in industrial companies faster in March than a year earlier
Australian equities (AAXJO) lost 0.78% as inflation reached a 20-year high
bringing interest rate hikes closer
Investors’ focus is on the two-day meeting of the Bank of Japan, which began on Wednesday
According to MarketWatch, the country’s central bank has clearly indicated that it intends to keep
interest rates very low to encourage spending and investment
Profits of Chinese industrial enterprises increased by 8.5% in the first quarter
while the growth pace slowed compared to the fourth quarter of 2021
under another lockdown in many industrial cities in connection with a new coronavirus outbreak
The index rose in March by 10.6% year-on-year, accelerating compared to a 5% rise
in the first two months of this year, according to the Government Statistics Office of the People’s Republic of China
Oil grows in the Asian session
Prices grew moderately in the oil market in the Asian session on Wednesday
and traders monitor the energy supply from Russia and continue to assess China’s demand prospects
The cost of June Brent futures was $106.18 per barrel, and WTI for June was $102.69 per barrel
German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said that Germany had reduced its reliance on Russian oil
and could impose an embargo on Russian supplies
Habeck said that Russia’s share of Germany’s total oil imports fell to 12% from 35% before the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict
In the meantime, positive signals come from China
Shanghai authorities hinted at the possibility of easing quarantine actions in terms of reducing the number
of new infections of COVID-19 to a minimum in three weeks, Bloomberg reports
In Beijing, the infection also stabilized
Data from the American Petroleum Institute (API), released on Tuesday
showed that US oil inventories for the week ending April 22 increased by 4.784 million barrels
The U.S. Department of Energy will release official inventory data on Wednesday
The euro is at a 5-years high
The euro fell to its weakest level since 2017 on Wednesday as investors grew more concerned
about global growth and inflation expectations, sending the dollar higher
while a mixed set of corporate profits pushed stock markets lower again
and The dollar rose by 4.3% in April and is on track for its best monthly performance since January 2015
driven by the Federal Reserve’s growing expectations of strong rate hikes in the coming months
and the US economy holding up better than the eurozone
Investors were shedding the euro, falling on Wednesday below $1.06 with another half percent decline
Analysts say the war is playing an influential role and concern is growing that the single currency bloc’s economy
will fall into recession this year
According to Reuters, by 0730 GMT, the euro had traded at a low of $1.0588
while the dollar index rose 0.4% to 102.65, its strongest since March 2020
when concern over a market collapse as countries imposed Covid-19 lockdowns prompted
investors to look for the dollar
European stocks decline slightly
European stocks fell, although declines were not as sharp as on Wall Street as the heavy-tech Nasdaq 100 (.NDX)
closed down 3.3% at its lowest level since late 2020
The news that Russia has cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria has heightened concern
sending MSCI’s global equity index to a 13-month low
The Euro STOXX 600 (STOXX) fell by 0.3%, while Germany’s DAX (.GDAXI)
fell by 1.2%. Britain’s FTSE 100 (.FTSE) fell by 0.1%