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Stock market today: Asian shares mixed after interest rates-driven sell-off on Wall Street

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Asian shares are mixed after another slump on Wall Street driven by expectations for U.S. interest rates to stay high well into next year.

It forecast that even though inflation has surpassed its 2% target, it is likely to subside. That suggests the central bank is still wary of falling back into deflation, or chronically falling prices that can sap economic growth.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained 0.9% to 17,816.79 and the Shanghai Composite index climbed 0.8% to 3,110.15.Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.2% to 7,049.20 even as the government reported a $14.

High-growth stocks are typically among the hardest hit by high rates, and Big Tech stocks took the brunt of the pain for a second straight day. Amazon fell 4.4%, Nvidia dropped 2.9% and Telsa lost 2.6%.after it said it would buy Splunk, a cybersecurity company, for roughly $28 billion in cash. Cisco fell 3.9%, while Splunk jumped 20.8%.

A 10-year Treasury is offering a yield of 4.48%, up from 4.40% late Wednesday and from only 0.50% three years ago. It’s near its highest level since 2007. However, a separate report showed manufacturing in the mid-Atlantic region is contracting by much more than expected. A third report showedManufacturing and the housing industry have felt the sting of higher interest rates in particular and have struggled more than the broad job market.

 

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