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Hong Kong stocks led gains in Asia-Pacific markets Tuesday ahead of the final U.S. Federal Reserve meeting of the year.
The Fed's two-day meeting kicks off Tuesday, and the U.S. central bank is expected to maintain the Federal Funds rate steady in the 5.25%-5.5% range.
Producer prices in Japan have risen at a faster-than-expected pace, notching a 0.3% gain year-on-year compared with the 0.1% rise estimated by economists polled by Reuters.
The Japanese yen showed some strength against the dollar, trading about 0.1% higher at 146.04 as investors will be keenly watching the impact of the Fed's decision on the dollar/yen pair.
Market players will also assess the U.S. November inflation figures out late Tuesday, which are expected to come in at 3.1%, according to a Reuters poll. This figure is slightly lower than the 3.2% seen in October.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rebounded off a one-year low to close up 1.1%, while the mainland Chinese CSI 300 index finished up 0.2% at 3,426.8.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.5%, closing at 7,235.3 and hitting its highest level since September 15.
Japan's Nikkei 225 closed 0.2% higher at 32,843.7, after advancing 1.6% in the previous session. The broader Topix, however, shed 0.2% to finished at about 2,353.2.
South Korea's Kospi climbed 0.4% to 2,535.3, while the smaller Kosdaq gained 0.5% to end at 839.5. Both the indexes notched three straight days of gains.
| TICKER | COMPANY | NAME | PRICE | CHANGE | %CHANGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .N225 | Nikkei 225 Index | NIKKEI | 38,269.44 | +89.98 | +0.24% |
| .HSI | Hang Seng Index | HSI | 19,089.83 | -25.23 | -0.13% |
| .AXJO | S&P/ASX 200 | ASX 200 | 7,719.10 | -30.90 | -0.40% |
| .SSEC | Shanghai | SHANGHAI | 3,144.15 | -3.87 | -0.12% |
| .KS11 | KOSPI Index | KOSPI | 2,726.13 | -1.08 | -0.04% |
| .FTFCNBCA | CNBC 100 ASIA IDX | CNBC 100 | 9,554.60 | -8.09 | -0.08% |
Overnight in the U.S., all three major indexes advanced, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average recording its third straight day of gains.
The Dow advanced 0.43% to close at its highest since January 2022, while the S&P500 rose 0.39% and the Nasdaq Composite added 0.20%.
— CNBC's Brian Evans and Pia Singh contributed to this report
Inflationary pressures are expected to cool in 2024, as global inflation moderates to 4.9% year-over-year from 6.0% in 2023, a report by Mastercard Economics Institute showed.
Most countries are coming out of a "very disorientating type of economy that we were stuck with for a while, where you had big swings in inflation, in interest rates, [and] migration flows for certain economies," MEI's David Mann told CNBC's "Squawk Box Asia."
He added that "we're still finishing off that tail end of the bungee jump" following the Covid-19 pandemic, and expects calmer inflation and slightly higher wage growth next year — potentially leading to real wage growth.
MEI noted in their report that the global economy will feel "more normal" in 2024, but consumers are likely to remain cautious of spending.
Mann also highlighted that international travel is only about 55% recovered. But entering 2024, countries like China and Japan have the potential to see greater momentum in outbound travels, as China reopens and tourists take advantage of a weaker yen, he explained.
— Quek Jie Ann
India's Nifty 50 index rose 0.2% to 21,023.05, hitting yet another record high.
The index has set many new all-time highs in 2023 and has jumped 16% so far this year. It is also headed for its eighth straight year of gains.
The value of India's stock market overtook that of Hong Kong's to become the seventh largest in the world as optimism about the country's economic prospects grow.
As of the end of November, the total market capitalization of the National Stock Exchange of India was $3.989 trillion versus Hong Kong's $3.984 trillion, according to data from the World Federation of Exchanges.
— Shreyashi Sanyal
Philippine exports plunged 17.6% year-on-year in October, deepening from the 6.3% fall in September to mark there fastest decline since April.
Imports fell 4.4% year-on-year, slowing from the 14.7% drop in September.
Overall, total external trade for October amounted to $16.9 billion, a 9.8% decline from a year earlier.
The Philippines' trade deficit widened to $4.17 billion, compared with $3.51 billion in September.
— Lim Hui Jie
Energy stocks been laggards for much of this year, and were the only sector not to rise in the hot November rally — but some analysts are still bullish.
In fact, Louis Navellier, chairman and founder of Navellier & Associates, said energy is his "top conviction call" right now.
He and Citi named the stocks they like.
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— Weizhen Tan
Producer prices in Japan rose at a faster-than-expected pace in November, notching a 0.3% gain year-on-year compared with the 0.1% rise forecast by economists polled by Reuters.
The 0.3% rise in the corporate price goods index was lower than October's revised figure of 0.9%, and the slowest rate of growth recorded since February 2021.
The CGPI measures the prices of goods and services traded in the corporate sector.
On a month-on-month basis, producer prices climbed 0.2%, reversing from a 0.3% fall in October.
— Lim Hui Jie
The S&P 500 index hit a new high for 2023 last week, crossing the 4,600 level and continuing its rally since early November. The key question for investors now is whether this momentum can be sustained in the future.
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— Ganesh Rao
A slew of S&P 500 names reached their highest levels in a year Monday, as the market tried to keep its six-week winning streak going. Overall, 52 S&P 500 components made new 52-week highs. Here's a look at some of them:
— Fred Imbert, Chris Hayes
Expectations for inflation over the next year hit their lowest level in more than 2½ years, according to a New York Federal Reserve survey released Monday.
The Survey of Consumer Expectations for November showed the one-year median outlook dipped to 3.4%, a 0.2 percentage point drop from October and the lowest since April 2021. Median expectations at the three- and five-year horizons were changed at 3% and 2.7% respectively.
However, the results jibe with other surveys such as the University of Michigan's Consumer Sentiment reading which showed the one-year outlook plunging to 3.1%, that survey's lowest since March 2021.
As part of the results, the year-ahead expectations for changed in gas prices fell 0.5 percentage point to 4.5%, while the outlook for food costs fell 0.3 percentage point to 5.3%.
—Jeff Cox
Shares of crypto-related equities tumbled on Monday as the price of bitcoin headed for its worst day since August.
Crypto exchange operator Coinbase and bitcoin proxy Microstrategy fell about 6% each while bitcoin miners dropped double digits. Riot Platforms and Marathon Digital, the largest mining stocks, lost 12% and 11%, respectively. Wall Street favorite CleanSpark and Iris Energy were down by 15% and 11%, respectively.
Bitcoin slid 4.8% to $41,793.00, according to Coin Metrics, after topping $44,000 last week for the first time since April 2022.
— Tanaya Macheel
Oil prices were were little change Monday as investors navigate growing production with softening demand.
The West Texas Intermediate contract for January rose 9 cents, or .13%, to settle at $71.32 a barrel. The Brent crude contract for February gained 19 cents, or .25%, to settle at $76.03 a barrel.
Oil futures have booked seven straight week of losses amid record production in the U.S., a weakening economy in China, and a lack of confidence in the ability of OPEC+ to balance the market.
— Spencer Kimball