Asia stocks hold up, China gives up some gains after weak trade data

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Most Asia-Pacific stocks markets strengthened on Wednesday on rising expectations that China will step in to stimulate its economy and as overnight gains on Wall Street helped brighten the mood.

"Overall, across the board, assets are doing pretty well," said Yuting Shao, macro strategist at State Street Global Markets. "The U.S. debt ceiling uncertainty removed hope on China to introduce more help to the economy is also a good sign for the market."on Tuesday, gaining support from strengthening bets that the Federal Reserve will hold interest rates steady at its policy meeting next week.

The two-year Treasury yield , which typically moves in step with interest rate expectations, fell slightly to about 4.5% in Tokyo, from Tuesday's close at 4.516%. The yield on 10-year notes slipped to around 3.67%.since mid-May at $0.6690, extending a rally following a central bank rate increase on Tuesday.on Wednesday as concern over global economic headwinds deepened, erasing gains booked after top crude exporter Saudi Arabia's surprise weekend pledge to deepen output cuts.

Brent crude futures were down 40 cents, or 0.5%, at $75.89 a barrel at 0456 GMT. The U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell 35 cents, also 0.5%, to $71.39 a barrel.Leading cryptocurrency bitcoin was trading at about $27,000, consolidating after a sharp overnight rebound from as low as $25,350.crackdown

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