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Global Markets: Asian stocks trade cautiously at five-month peak

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan held near its highest since mid-September as US and Chinese negotiators work to hammer out a deal that would end a tit-for-tat tariff battle.

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Global Markets: Asian stocks trade  cautiously at five-month peak
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would delay a tariff hike on $200 billion of Chinese imports. Photo: PTI

 

The Asian shares paused at a five-month peak on signs Washington and Beijing were making progress on a trade deal. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan held near its highest since mid-September as US and Chinese negotiators work to hammer out a deal that would end a tit-for-tat tariff battle that began in mid-2018.

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would delay a tariff hike on $200 billion of Chinese imports in the clearest signs yet that both sides were making progress in the talks, but he also sounded a note of caution, saying a deal "could happen fairly soon, or it might not happen at all."

A spokeswoman for the U.S. Trade Representative`s Office said the agency had no announcements at this time beyond the president`s remarks.
 
"There were caveats on the proposed trade deal," Rakuten`s Twidale added. "Although largely ignored by the market yesterday, they suggest that the path forward will not be a straight one and investors will do well to prepare for more volatility.

Monday`s losses in the MSCI Asia-Pacific index was led by Australian shares which slipped 0.7 percent, weighed by energy stocks as oil prices tumbled overnight. South Korea`s KOSPI was flat while Japan`s Nikkei rose 0.2 percent.

Wall Street`s three major indexes ended higher on Monday but well below the session`s highs, with the Dow up 0.2 percent, the S&P 500 adding 0.1 percent and the Nasdaq gaining 0.4 percent. 
Investors were also wary of weakening estimates for current quarter earnings, with Wall Street on Monday expecting a 0.9 percent decline in S&P first-quarter earnings per share compared with expectations for 5.3 percent growth on Jan. 1, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.
 
The trade news was largely priced in to currency markets, with the risk-on mood nudging the dollar to 111.23 against the safe haven Japanese yen, a level not seen since late December. The greenback was last at 111.06.
 
The dollar index was flat at 96.413 against a basket of currencies.
 
Focus now shifts to an appearance by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell before a U.S. Senate committee on Tuesday.

"The market will be looking for signs the Fed remains comfortable with the current state of policy," said Steven Dooley, currency strategist at Western Union Business Solutions. "The markets will also want to hear details about the eventual end of the Fed`s balance sheet reduction programme."

The euro idled at $1.1359, staying within the $1.1213/1.1570 range that it has held since mid-October.

In commodities, oil prices took a knock on Monday to post their largest daily percentage drop this year after Trump called on OPEC to ease its efforts to boost crude prices, which he said were "getting too high."
 
U.S. crude was last up 2 cents at $55.5 a barrel in early Asian trading while Brent finished 3.5 percent lower on Monday at $64.76.

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Written By: Reuters
Updated: Tue, Feb 26, 2019
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