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Asian stocks traded mostly lower on Tuesday after a positive start to the week as China reported nearly 700 new COVID cases, the most since May, raising concerns about the damaging impact lockdowns have on China's economy and the world. Still, the Shanghai Composite managed to get back to the flat-line following the initial drop. Elsewhere, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.56% after the the Reserve Bank of Australia’s meeting minutes showed that the board saw current rates as being “well below” the neutral rate.
Asian equities were mostly lower on Monday as a new wave of COVID-19 outbreak in China added to worries about the economic outlook. Shanghai reported its first case of the highly infectious BA.5 omicron sub-variant over the weekend. The Shanghai Composite index closed 1.27% lower while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng plunged more than 3%. Bucking the trend, Japan’s Nikkei 225 gained 1.11%, extending the gains in the previous two sessions as the ruling coalition expanded its majority in an upper house election.
Asian stock markets were down on Wednesday as fears of an economic downturn persisted. Against this backdrop, markets failed to capitalize on a possible rolling back of some US tariffs on Chinese goods. The Shanghai Composite index fell 1.43%, Japan’s Nikkei 225 gave up 1.20%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng shed 1.66%, and South Korean Kospi plunged more than 2%. Adding to a negative tone in the regional markets, the surge in COVID-19 infections in China reignited concerns about new lockdowns.
Asian markets were mixed-to-higher on Tuesday, with investors staying cautious amid persisting worries about inflation and economy. MSCI's gauge of Asia Pacific stocks outside Japan rose 0.45%. A more upbeat tone was supported by reports that Biden may announce a rollback of some US tariffs on Chinese consumer goods in the coming days. However, the Shanghai Composite index failed to benefit from the news, finishing down less than 0.1% as investor sentiment was somehow hurt by signs of rising COVID infections in the country.
Asian equities were down on Wednesday as worries about the economy persisted. China’s Shanghai Composite shed 1.40%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gave up 2.04% and he Nikkei 225 in Tokyo fell 0.91% despite the release of the higher-than-expected Japan’s retail sales data. The figure climbed to 8.5%, exceeding the forecasts of 1.3% and the prior print of 4%. Meanwhile, Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda once again urged the need for an accommodative policy in Japan.
Asian stock markets advanced across the board on Monday, with MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares rising 1.81% at the start of the week. China’s Shanghai Composite climbed 0.88% even as PBOC advisor said he expects the country’s GDP growth to grow 4.7% this year versus the 5.5% official target. On the data front, China’s industrial profits data for May came in at +1% y/y after +3.5% in the previous month.
Asian stocks followed Wall Street higher to advance across the board on Friday, with rising commodities adding to a more upbeat tone among regional investors. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 1%, with Alibaba rallying 5.5% amid signs that China's technology crackdown is abating. Japan’s Nikkei rose 1.23% for a 1.6% weekly gain after the data showed that Japanese inflation topped the Bank of Japan’s 2% target for a second straight month.
Following slightly negative session on Wall Street, Asian equities were mixed-to-higher on Thursday. In part, investors were slightly relieved after Powell said the Fed is not trying to engineer a recession to stop inflation. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo finished up less than 0,1% after the data showed that the manufacturing sector in Japan continued to expand in June, albeit at a slower rate. Elsewhere, the Shanghai Composite in China rose 1.62% while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng advanced 1.26%. On the negative side, the Kospi in Seoul retreated 1.22%.