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Equities Trade Modestly Lower After Mixed US Session

General trend

  • Financials decline amid lower 10-yr yields.
  • Energy shares track weakness in the US.
  • Nikkei 225 has remained lower during the session [Automakers move lower after US declines; Topix Iron & Steel, Banks, Air Transportation and Information & Communication indices also decline]; Various companies impacted by ex-dividends (including Canon Inc, Japan Tobacco, Kirin, Inpex); Sugi Holdings and J. Front Retailing may report results.
  • Hang Seng has declined after opening slightly higher [Financials trade generally lower; TECH index drops over 1%]; China Gas declines following the earnings report, L’Occitane rises.
  • Shanghai Composite ended morning trading lower by ~1% [Financials extended declines; Consumer, IT and Property indices also drop].
  • S&P ASX 200 has declined after opening flat [Financial, Resources, Utilities, and Energy indices decline; REITS weighed down by ex-dividends]; Genworth Mortgage drops after issuing an update on large mortgage insurance contract.
  • Rizal Commercial Bank [RCB.PH] rises 50% on stake acquisition by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking.
  • Vietnam Q2 GDP data missed ests [first Asian country to issue Q2 data].
  • Excess cash at ES accounts in Australia continues to hit record highs into month-end [Drawings under the RBA’s TFF are due to end on Jun 30th].
  • Thailand Central Bank said it will deal with FX volatility amid THB weakness.

Headlines/Economic data

Australia/New Zealand

  • ASX 200 opened 0.0%.
  • STO.AU Launches Dorado feed with Carnarvon, on schedule for FID in Mid 2022; Estimates phase 1 cost $2.0B.
  • (AU) Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA): Excess cash at exchange settlement (ES) accounts at A$307.9B v A$289.40B prior (record high).
  • (NZ) New Zealand to reopen the travel bubble with the majority of Australian states on July 4th (Sunday).
  • (NZ) Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) Statement of Intent July 2021 to June 30, 2024: We are mindful of our mandate, including maintaining low and stable consumer price inflation while contributing to maximum sustainable employment, and our role promoting and maintaining a sound and efficient financial system.
  • (NZ) Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) Gov Orr: Economic activity in NZ is returning to pre-COVID levels, divergences in economic activity remain significant.

Japan

  • Nikkei 225 opened –0.4%.
  • 9984.JP Softbank backed warehouse robotics company, AutoStore, planning to IPO with $10B valuations, expected to be in Europe this year – press.
  • (JP) Bank of Japan (BOJ) considering adding interest rates on lenders’ deposits according to the size of loans and investments made that contribute to combating climate change in a funding scheme that BOJ will roll out this year – Nikkei.
  • (JP) JAPAN MAY JOBLESS RATE: 3.0% V 2.9%E.
  • (JP) JAPAN MAY RETAIL SALES M/M: -0.4% V -0.7%E; Y/Y: 8.2% V 8.1%E.
  • (JP) Japan Fin Min Aso: Declines to comment on Toshiba, it is natural for shareholders to exercise rights.
  • (JP) Japan Chief Cabinet Sec Kato: Job market weakening due to coronavirus impact, warrants investigation, to further focus on employment trends going forward.
  • (JP) Japan MOF sells ÂĄ3.0T v ÂĄ3.0T indicated in 0.00% (prior 0.10%) 2-year JGBs: avg yield: -0.116% v -0.1250% prior; bid to cover 4.29x v 3.97x prior.

Korea

  • Kospi opened +0.1%.
  • (KR) South Korea Finance Ministry: Raises 2021 GDP growth from 3.2% to 4.2% (yesterday after the close).
  • (KR) South Korea said to be seeking KRW33T in the extra budget (in line with prior speculation of KRW33-35T), planning to offer pandemic relief handouts to 80% of households with its next extra budget – Yonhap.

China/Hong Kong

  • Hang Seng opened +0.1%; Shanghai Composite opened +0.1%.
  • (CN) China PBOC MPC Statement: Economy is stable with improvement; reiterates stance that prudent monetary policy to be stable, Prudent monetary policy should stay flexible, precise, reasonable and moderate (overnight).
  • (CN) Guotai Junan Securities analysts Dong Qi: China PBOC likely to continue injecting a small amount of liquidity into the market via reverse repurchase agreements in coming days by the end of June – press.
  • (CN) China PBOC sets Yuan reference rate: 6.4567 v 6.4578 prior.
  • (CN) China PBOC Open Market Operation (OMO): Injects CNY30B in 7-day reverse repos v CNY30B in 7-day reverse repos prior; Net inject CNY20B v Net inject CNY20B prior.
  • 300750.CN CATL signs agreement to supply Li-Ion battery products to Tesla from 2022 to 2025 – press.
  • (CN) China Q2 Beige Book: consumers and businesses are not as optimistic as data may suggest.

North America

  • (CN) US President Biden: Will work with congress on China competition bill.
  • (US) Fed’s Barkin (FOMC voter, hawk): the TIPS market is showing inflation at about 2%.

Europe

  • (UK) BOE Haldane (outgoing chief economist): The notion that bitcoin could ever play the role of a payments medium is totally fanciful and should fill us with horror, We’ve got house prices rising at double-digits, that’s punchy – MoneyWeek Podcast.
  • GSF.NO Confirms ongoing discussions regarding the potential sale of Shetland operations (UK).

Levels as of 01:15ET

  • Hang Seng -1.1%; Shanghai Composite -0.9%; Kospi -0.6%; Nikkei225 -1.0%; ASX 200 -0.2%.
  • Equity Futures: S&P500 -0.1%; Nasdaq100 -0.2%, Dax -0.1%; FTSE100 -0.0%.
  • EUR 1.1932-1.1907; JPY 110.66-110.45; AUD 0.7571-0.7550; NZD 0.7052-0.7024.
  • Commodity Futures: Gold -0.2% at $1,776/oz; Crude Oil -0.4% at $72.65/brl; Copper -1.1% at $4.23/lb.

 

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