Japan (NKY:IND) +0.50%
China (SHCOMP) +0.41%
Hong Kong (HSI) -0.28%
The S&P Global South Korea Manufacturing PMI came at 50.7 in February 2024.
Thailand’s employment rises in Q4 on increased tourism.
India (SENSEX) +0.14%
Australia (AS51) -0.31% Job advertisements in Australia declined by 2.8%M/M in February 2024. Australia’s business inventories unexpectedly fell in seasonally-adjusted terms by 1.7% Q/Q in Q4 2023.
In the U.S. on Friday, kicked off the month of March on a positive note on bets that the Federal Reserve would start cutting interest rates soon. All three major indexes were in the positive territory.
U.S. stock futures were mixed on Monday: Dow -0.15%; S&P 500 -0.09%; Nasdaq +0.09%.
Main calendar events for the week are inflation data from South Korea, Thailand, the Philippines and Taiwan, as well as GDP figures from South Korea and Australia, and China’s Caixin services PMI.
Currencies: (JPY:USD), (CNY:USD), (AUD:USD), (INR:USD), (HKD:USD), (NZD:USD).
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