Japan +0.07%.
China +1.70%. The People’s Bank of China left its 1-year and 5-year prime loan rates unchanged, widely in line with expectations.
Hong Kong +0.91%.
Australia +0.06%.
India +0.10%.
Friday on Wall Street, the major stock indexes closed mixed for the day and mixed for the week. The Dow Industrial Average rose 129.84 points or 0.39% at 33826.70; S&P index fell 11.32 points or -0.28% at 4079.10; NASDAQ index fell -68.55 points or -0.58% at 11787.28.
Heads up for the meeting of G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors this week, scheduled between February 24-25.
North Korea has fired another (what appears to be) ballistic missile.
Traders’ heads up for a US and Canadian holiday today, Monday, 20 February 2023. Market activity could be relatively low on Monday due to a holiday in the United States.
New Zealand will also release its trade balance for January on Wednesday.
Oil prices were little changed in early Asian trade on Monday, after settling down $2 a barrel on Friday, as rising supplies in the United States and forecasts of more interest rate hikes cooled optimism over China’s demand recovery.
Brent crude slid 9 cents, or 0.1%, to $82.91 a barrel by 0051 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude for March, which expires on Tuesday, was at $76.40 a barrel, up 6 cents.
Gold prices were stuck in a tight range on Monday, as bets of more interest rate hikes from the U.S. Federal Reserve dimmed the outlook for non-yielding bullion and boosted the dollar.
Spot gold was little changed at $1,842.40 per ounce, as of 0347 GMT, after falling to its lowest since late December in the previous session. U.S. gold futures edged up 0.1% to $1,851.30.
Spot silver was unchanged at $21.72 per ounce, platinum edged 0.2% higher to $918.29 and palladium rose 0.4% to $1,504.71.
US futures mostly lower. Dow Jones -0.06%; S&P 500 -0.02%; Nasdaq +0.03%.
