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Asia’s stock markets face a cautious start Friday after a dash of disappointment over technology earnings injected fresh worries about the economic outlook and took some sheen off a US equity rally.
Futures rose modestly for Japan and Australia in the wake of the best three-day gain for the S&P 500 index since late May. Hong Kong contracts were higher following an advance in US-traded Chinese shares.
But US social-media firm Snap Inc. slid in extended trading on poor results that flagged worries about an advertising slowdown, weighing on the likes of Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. and Google’s Alphabet Inc. Contracts on the S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 retreated.
Treasuries surged Thursday, pushing the 10-year yield below 3 per cent. Rising US jobless claims, a dimming regional factory outlook and a weaker leading economic indicator stoked recession risk amid tightening monetary policy.
A dip in the dollar in recent days that suggested less fear in markets has helped to put global stocks on course for their best week in a month, paring this year’s equity market rout to about 18 per cent.
But angst about the looming damage from high inflation and rapidly rising interest rates is proving hard to shake despite a tempering in expectations of just how aggressive the Federal Reserve will be.
“I would point out that we have a lot of earnings to come next week, we have the Fed meeting next week,” Susquehanna International Group derivatives strategist Chris Murphy said on Bloomberg Television. “I don’t necessarily think we’re totally out of the woods yet.”
Elsewhere, the euro remained higher after the European Central Bank’s 50 basis-point interest-rate hike, the first increase in 11 years.
The monetary authority is tackling elevated price pressures but faces a slew risks. Concerns linger that Russia could choke European gas supplies in the fallout from President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. In Italy, a political crisis poses an added complication for the region.
Commodities remain under pressure, in part as China grapples with COVID cases and growth-sapping mobility curbs. Crude traded around US$96 a barrel.
Traders were also monitoring President Joe Biden’s condition after he tested positive for COVID and showed mild symptoms.
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U.S. social-media companies saw more than US$130 billion wiped off their stock-market values Friday, after disappointing revenue from Snap and a lackluster report from Twitter raised new concerns about the outlook for online advertising.
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