Asia – Pacific shares slip down again after four straight sessions of losses
The shares of Asia – Pacific region goes down following four straight sessions of losses with delay in vaccine rollouts and new strains of Coronavirus which will affect global economic recovery.
MSCI’s (Morgan Stanley Capital International) index of Asia – Pacific shares slipped down to 0.4 percent outside Japan.
Tokyo’s Stock Exchange Nikkei bounced 0.4 percent, after shedding almost 2 percent. In a heavy trade, Futures lost 0.7 percent for S&P 500, while NASDAQ Futures fell 0.9 percent.
According to Goldman Sachs Inc’s analysis United States’s Hedge funds bought and sold the most stock in more than ten years amid swivel by GameStop Corp.
It was also noticed that metal moved up by 5.7 percent to a six month high and silver was the new target for the retail crowd.
In the past five months, a survey from china showed that factory activity grew at the slowest pace
John Briggs, The global head of strategy at NatWest Markets said:
”It is these considerations, not what is happening to a video gamer retailer day today, that has weighed on risk assets,”
”So much of the market’s valuations, risk in particular, is premised on the fact we can see a light at the end of the COVID tunnel.”
In this Quarter a record $1.11trillion of gross Treasury issuance is slated up from 685 billion the same time last year. United states yields held at 1.07 percent and the near recent 10 month top of 1.187 percent.
The demand for oil globally kept its prices in check, Gold followed silver higher to USD 1853.While the dollar held firm at 104.74 yen. The euro idled at USD 1.2121, well off its recent peak at USD 1.2349.