Equity Indices Trade Generally Higher

General trend

• Hang Seng has extended advance [TECH index rises, Mainland banks trade generally higher; Property sector lags].
• Evergrande bond payments and grace periods still in focus.
• Shanghai Composite ended morning trading higher after the lower open [Coal, Liquor and Banks indices rise; Property index extended drop].
• Nikkei has maintained modest gains; Topix Marine Transportation index outperforms.
• S&P ASX 200 pared gain [Financials rise; BHP declines after issuing Q1 production update, weighs on Resources index].
• NZD supported by higher short-term yields, RBNZ rate hike expectations.
• AU 3-year yield later pares decline.
• Analysts comment on whether the RBA will defend its 3-year yield target amid move up in yields.
• BTC hits multi-year low at 20-yr JGB auction, yield also rose.
• CNH rises, China due to price USD bonds later today.
• Indonesia Central Bank is expected to leave rates unchanged.
• Companies due to report during the NY morning include Bank of NY, Fifth Third, Halliburton, J&J, Manpower, Procter & Gamble, Philip Morris, Travelers.

Headlines/Economic Data

Australia/New Zealand

• ASX 200 opened 0.0%.
• BHP.AU Reports Q1 Waio Iron Ore Production: 70.6Mt v 74.0Mt y/y; Shipments 70.8Mt v 71.0Mte; Affirms all guidance.
• BXB.AU Reports Q1 Rev $1.29B v $1.19B y/y; Guides FY22 underlying net +1-2% y/y at cc; Rev +5-7% y/y at cc.
• (AU) RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA (RBA) OCT MINUTES: Delta variant has interrupted recovery, in central scenario the economy will return to growth in Dec quarter and pre-Delta path in H2 2022.

Japan

• Nikkei 225 opened +0.3%.
• (JP) Japan PM Kishida: North Korea fired 2 ballistic missiles, firing is extremely regrettable, we are gathering information.
• (JP) Japan Deputy Chief Cabinet Sec Isozaki: North Korea missile landed in Sea of Japan, strongly protested to North Korea over launch.
• (JP) Japan MoF sells ¥1.2T v ¥1.2T indicated in 0.500% 20-year JGBs, avg yield: 0.4710% v 0.4120% prior, bid to cover 2.69x v 3.20x prior (btc multi-year low).

Korea

• Kospi opened +0.5%.
• (KR) South Korea Joint Chief of Staff: North Korea fired unidentified projectiles to East Sea, according to Yonhap; Japan Coast Guard said North Korea may have fired a ballistic missile.
• (KR) Shipbuilding cos in South Korea have exceeded their annual targets for new orders – South Korea press.

China/Hong Kong

• Hang Seng opened +0.2%; Shanghai Composite opened -0.2%.
• (CN) China’s govt advisor: PBoC should cut RRR.
• (CN) China Ministry of Finance (MOF) starts 4 tranche sale of USD bonds.
• (CN) China PBOC sets Yuan reference rate: 6.4307 v 6.4300 prior.
• (CN) China PBOC Open Market Operation (OMO): Injects CNY10B in 7-day reverse repos v CNY10B prior; Net CNY0B v Net CNY0B prior.
• (HK) Macau Q3 Casino Rev (MOP) 5.96B, +155% y/y; Mass Market gaming Rev 12.8B, +403% y/y.
• (CN) China National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) issues sector breakdown of previously released Q3 GDP data: Property Sector GDP -1.6% y/y.
• 1810.HK Exec: Will mass produce our own cars in H1 2024.

North America

• (US) AUG TOTAL NET TIC FLOWS: $91.0B V $126.0B PRIOR; NET LONG-TERM TIC FLOWS: $79.3B V $2.0B PRIOR; Japan Total Holdings of US Treasuries: $1.320T v $1.310T prior (record high); China Total holding of US Treasuries: $1.047T v $1.068T prior (lowest since 2010).
• IVZ.UK Will not launch Bitcoin futures ETF in immediate near term – comments on press.

Europe

• SOW.DE Raises FY21 full year A&N bookings outlook -12% to -8% (prior -30% to -20%).
• (UK) PM Johnson: UK does not want to turn away Chinese investment, do not see Northern Ireland problem as end of the world.
• MGGT.UK UK Govt starts formal investigation of takeover by Parker Hannifin on national security concerns.

Levels as of 01:00ET

• Hang Seng +1.1%; Shanghai Composite +0.7%; Kospi +0.7%; Nikkei225 +0.6%; ASX 200 +0.1%.
• Equity Futures: S&P500 -0.0%; Nasdaq100 -0.0%, Dax +0.0%; FTSE100 +0.0%.
• EUR 1.1655-1.1609; JPY 114.36-114.08; AUD 0.7457-0.7408; NZD 0.7131-0.7079.
• Commodity Futures: Gold +0.6% at $1,775/oz; Crude Oil +0.2% at $81.81/brl; Copper +0.9% at $4.76/lb.