Asian stocks down to 2-1/2-year lows, pound lifted by Sunak’s victory

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Asian equities fell to new 2-1/2-year lows as early gains inspired by a rally on Wall Street on hopes the Federal Reserve could be nearing the end of aggressive rate increases were offset by weakness in Chinese shares and the yuan. | Reuters

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares lost 0.4 percent to 428.2 after dipping to 427.4 , the lowest since April 2020.

However, Chinese stocks fell further on Tuesday after Xi Jinping’s new leadership team raised worries that a more powerful Party leadership will increasingly prioritise the state at the cost of the private sector. Sentiment had already been affected by delayed data on gross domestic product showing the Chinese economy grew 3.9 percent in the third quarter, beating forecasts of 3.5 percent, but retail sales disappointed with a meagre rise of 2.5 percent.China’s onshore yuan slid to a near 15-year low, after the central bank set the lowest mid-point since 2008 following Monday’s sell-off in Chinese assets.

 

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