Global Markets:
- Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei up 0.93%, Shanghai Composite down -0.03%, Hang Seng up 0.47% ASX up 0.62%
- Commodities : Gold at $4,059.90 (1.26%), Silver at $49.165 (2.13%), Brent Oil at $64.06 (0.68%), WTI Oil at $60.21 (0.68%)
- Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.134, UK 10-year yield at 4.4680, Germany 10-year yield at 2.6676
News & Data:
- (CAD) Employment Change 66.6k to -5.0K expected
- (CAD) Unemployment Rate 6.9% to 7.1% expected
Markets Update:
Asian stock markets are trading mostly higher on Monday, tracking the mixed cues from Wall Street on Friday, as traders welcome reports that the U.S. Senate is nearing a deal to extend government funding after a record 40-day shutdown. Regional currencies also strengthened against the U.S. dollar. Asian markets closed mostly lower on Friday.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 Index is up 0.64 percent to 8,826.00, led by gains in mining and technology stocks. Mineral Resources is soaring nearly 6 percent, while tech names such as Block, Zip, and WiseTech Global are rallying over 4 percent each. Gold miners are also strong, with Evolution Mining and Northern Star up more than 3 percent. Monadelphous Group and DroneShield are both surging about 9 percent on upbeat revenue forecasts and new U.S. contracts.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index is also sharply higher, rising 0.98 percent to 50,766.89 amid gains in financial and tech stocks. Advantest and Tokyo Electron are up around 3 percent each, while Mercari and Olympus are soaring over 10 percent.
Elsewhere, South Korea is up nearly 3 percent, and Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Taiwan are higher, while Singapore is slightly lower.
On Wall Street, stocks ended mixed Friday after a volatile session, with the Dow and S&P 500 posting modest gains, while the Nasdaq slipped 0.2 percent.
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