Global Fundamental Analysis 31/08/2020

Global Fundamental Analysis 31/08/2020, FP Markets

OPENING CALL: The Australian share market is to open higher.

U.S. stocks rose after data showed consumer spending rose again in July. The WSJ Dollar Index fell 0.9% to 87.5. The yield on the 10-year Treasury edged lower to 0.73%. Oil prices slipped on the day but still posted a solid weekly gain. Gold futures rose on growing sentiment that interest rates will remain low for a while.
 
Overnight Summary
 
 

EACH MARKET IN FOCUS

 

Australian Market

Australian shares settled 0.9% lower at 6073.8, rounding out a second straight week of losses as the corporate earnings season nears an end. Nearly every sector on the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 finished lower, with only the financial and property sectors bucking the trend.

 

US Market

The S&P 500 wrapped up its best week since early July after a moderate pickup in consumer spending and a policy shift from the Federal Reserve that signaled low interest rates would stay for an extended period.

The S&P 500 rose 0.7%, bringing its weekly advance to 3.3%-its best performance since the week ended July 2.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 162 points, or 0.6%, returning to positive territory for the year for the first time since February. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.6%.

 

Commodities

Gold futures rose, leaving prices higher to end the week, after the Federal Reserve announced a policy shift that would allow employment and inflation to run hotter than in the past, implying that the central bank may keep benchmark interest rates lower for longer.

Against that backdrop, December gold rose $42.30, or 2.2%, to settle at $1,974.90 an ounce.

 

Oil Futures

U.S. benchmark oil prices slipped 0.2%, but rose 1.5% on the week to $42.97 a barrel, marking a fourth straight weekly rise.

WTI registered most of the week’s gains early on as the looming threat of Hurricane Laura forced offshore oil producers to cut production, and led many coastal refineries to also shut.

 

Forex

 

European Markets

 

Asian Markets

China’s major stock benchmarks posted their strongest gains of the week as tourism, home-appliance and food stocks broadly advanced. The Shanghai Composite Index climbed 1.6% to 3403.81, the Shenzhen Composite Index rose 2.0% and the startup-dominated ChiNext Price Index added 2.6%.

Japanese stocks, however, fell on reports that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will resign due to health reasons. The Nikkei Stock Average closed 1.4% lower at 22882.65.




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