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Global Markets: Oil elevated as Iraq tensions escalate, Asian shares hold firm

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Updated: Tue, Oct 17, 2017
12:07 pm
Reuters
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Oil prices clung to this month`s high on Tuesday after Iraqi forces seized the oil-rich city of Kirkuk from largely autonomous Kurdish fighters while Asian shares held firm on optimism about upcoming earnings.

Short-term U.S. bond yields and interest rates jumped after a report U.S. President Donald Trump favoured Stanford economist John Taylor to head the Federal Reserve.

Japan`s Nikkei rose 0.4 percent, marking an 11-day winning streak while MSCI`s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.1 percent having gained in 10 of the past 12 sessions.

European shares are expected to tick up slightly, with spread-betters looking at a rise at opening of up to 0.1 percent in Britain`s FTSE, France`s CAC and Germany`s DAX.

"There is no major country that is facing economic troubles. We have a decent global growth, upbeat corporate sentiment and no inflation. Stocks are the obvious choice in this environment," said Arihiro Nagata, head of derivatives at SMBC Nikko Securities.

Oil prices held near their highest levels in almost three weeks after Iraqi government forces captured the major Kurdish-held oil city of Kirkuk in a response to a Kurdish independence referendum, raising worries about oil supply.

As Iraqi forces advanced, Kurdish operators briefly shut some 350,000 barrels per day of oil output at two large Kirkuk fields, citing security concerns, oil ministry sources on both sides said.

Although production resumed shortly thereafter, concerns about supply disruptions and further escalations in the confrontation between Baghdad and the Kurds kept investors on edge.

U.S. crude traded at $51.78 a barrel, down slightly on the day, after having hit a high of $52.37 on Monday, a rise of 6.7 percent from its three-week low of $49.10 hit on Oct 6.

Brent crude fetched $57.84 per barrel, flat on the day after having risen to as high as $58.47 on Monday.

U.S. short-term interest rates and bond yields jumped on Monday after Trump met Stanford University economist John Taylor to discuss the job of Federal Reserve Chair as Trump seeks candidates to succeed current Janet Yellen next year.

Taylor is known as a proponent of a rule-based monetary policy and according to his formula, known as the Taylor rule, the Fed funds rate needs to be much higher than the current target of 1.0 - 1.25 percent.

The policy-sensitive two-year yield jumped to as high as 1.546 percent, its highest since 2008, while Fed funds rates futures contract for settlement in late 2018 to early 2019 posted one of their biggest falls so far this year.

Trump has met other candidates, including former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh, current Governor Jerome Powell and he will see Yellen on Thursday, leaving markets on tenterhooks.

"At the moment, there`s no consensus at all in the market and there is little point betting on who will be picked as it would be a complete gamble. But once the decision is made, there will be a clearer market direction," said Tomoaki Shishido, fixed income analyst at Nomura Securities.

"And when the uncertainty is cleared, bond yields are likely to rise given the strength of the economy now," he added.

Major currencies were on hold.

The euro traded at $1.1782, down slightly from the previous day.

The dollar bounced back to 112.07 yen, from Monday`s low of 111.65, which was its lowest since Sept 26.

The offshore Chinese yuan weakened 0.3 percent to 6.5992 yuan ahead of a key Chinese Communist Party meeting starting on Wednesday as well as Chinese economic data on Thursday.

Implied volatilities on yuan options have risen in recent weeks as investors brace for uncertainty over China`s economic policy under new leadership.

China`s central bank governor said the economy could grow 7 percent in the second half of this year, accelerating from the first six months and defying widespread expectations for a slowdown.

The Mexico peso flirted with a five-month low on concerns over the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as Washington has presented hard-line proposals in talks.

Elsewhere, copper soared to $7,134.5 a tonne, hitting a three-year high, having jumped 3.7 percent on Monday, its biggest gain in about 10 months, helped by prospects of brisk economic growth. It last stood at $7,110.5.

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