© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People walk past a screen displaying the Hang Seng stock index at Central district, in Hong Kong, China October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Lam Yik/File PhotoSINGAPORE - Asian equity markets struggled for direction on Tuesday as the bounce from Beijing's efforts to support stocks ebbed, while bonds rallied and the dollar dipped ahead of U.S. labour and manufacturing data due later in the week.
That put some gentle pressure on the dollar, which has slipped below its 200-day moving average to $1.0833 per euro and was slightly lower on other majors in early trade. Over the weekend, China announced a halving in stock-trading stamp duties and had on Friday approved some guidelines for affordable housing.closed less than 1% higher on Monday and was 1% firmer in early trade on Tuesday. Mainland blue chips were flat and the month is set to notch a record for foreign outflows from the mainland stockmarket.
"The underlying problem appears to be the adjustment in the property sector and its spillover to the rest of the economy," Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said at the Jackson Hole symposium.Overnight shares in conglomerate 3M jumped 5% after the company's promise to pay $6 billion to settle a lawsuit over its earplugs was smaller than some analyst estimates of liabilities around $10 billion. Goldman Sachs shares rose after it struck a deal to sell part of its wealth business.
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