Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly lower as Australia's central bank raises its key rate

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Shares have mostly fallen in Asia after a mixed close on Wall Street. Benchmarks dropped more than 1% in Hong Kong and Tokyo. South Korea's Kospi gave up 2.6% of its big gains from a day earlier. Australia's central bank raised its key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4.

A currency trader works near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index , right, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. Shares mostly fell in Asia on Tuesday after a mixed close on Wall Street, where wild recent moves calmed a bit at the beginning of a quiet week for data releases.

In Seoul, the Kospi dropped 3% to 2,427.82. It gained 5.7% on Monday after the government, seeking to shore up public support ahead of legislative elections in April, restored until the end of June a ban on short-selling to protect small investors from what regulators said was “massive illegal naked short-selling by global investment banks” and other illegal activities.On Monday, U.S. stocks drifted and the S&P 500 added 0.2% to 4,365.98. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged 0.

The events with perhaps the most potential to shake markets this upcoming week are speeches by officials from the Federal Reserve.steady for a second straight time, leaving it at its highest level since 2001. It’s jacked up its federal funds rate from nearly zero in hopes of getting high inflation under control.

The week’s end will bring a preliminary report on U.S. households’ inflation expectations. The Fed watches that closely on the premise that too-high expectations could trigger a vicious cycle that keeps inflation high.

 

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