Hong Kong – Asian actions mixed on Friday after Wall Street withdrew when investors were shaken by the uncertainties presented by the president of the United States, Donald Trump.
The future of the United States were almost unchanged and oil prices advanced.
Chinese markets decreased for a second day. Hang Seng from Hong Kong fell 2% to 23,733.02 after China kept his key loan rates without changes. Operators have been downloading technological actions after recent profits.
The Shanghai compound index lost 0.9% to 3,376.96.
In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.5% to 37,933.13 as the markets reopened after a vacation on Thursday. Japan reported that its central inflation rate fell less prognosis, partly driven by rice prices due to supplies scarcity.
In another part of Asia, Kospi de Korea picked up 0.1% to 2,643.59, while AustraliaANDP/ASX 200 increased by 0.4% to 7,947.30.
The Bangkok set won 0.5% and the Taiex in Taiwan fell 0.4%.
Thursday, the SANDP 500 fell 0.2 % to 5,662.89, while the Dow Jones industrial average fell less than 0.1 % to 41,953.32. The Nasdaq compound fell 0.3% to 17,691,63.
Wall Street has been swinging for weeks in a roller coaster trip, as shares prices fade uncertainty about Trump’s commercial war willpower make the economy. The actions obtained a Boost on Wednesday After the Chief of the Federal Reserve He said that the economy is still solid enough at this time to leave interest rates where they are.
More data came Thursday to support that opinion. A report is said slightly Less American workers requested unemployment benefits Last week of what economists expected.
Said a separate report Sales of previously occupied houses They were stronger last month than economists expected, while a third said that the growth of manufacturing in the middle Atlantic region seems to be better than economists expected.
The president of the FED, Jerome Powell, emphasized on Wednesday that extremely high uncertainty is making the forecast of what will happen later. It is uncertainty not only on the commercial war, but also on the potential impact of movements to reduce the federal government of the United States.
The broad stock market of the United States was probably due to its recent fall, which took it more than 10% below its maximum of all time In a few weeks after prices rose much faster than corporate gains to seem too expensive.
In Wall Street, Darden Restaurants rose 5.8% after informing profits for the last quarter that matched analysts’ expectations. That was despite what the company behind Olive Garden, Chris Steak House of Ruth and other restaurant chains called “a challenging environment.”
Accenture fell to one of the largest losses in the market on Thursday despite the fact that the consulting and professional services company reported slightly better income and income for the last quarter of what analysts expected. The concern has ended the success that Accenture can take the income of the United States government while Elon Musk leads efforts to reduce federal spending. The Federal Government represented 17% of North America’s revenues of Accenture the last fiscal year, and its shares sank 7.3%.
Also on Thursday, the FTSE 100 of Great Britain fell 0.1% after Bank of England maintained its main interest rate unchanged.
In other treatment on early Friday, the crude oil of the United States won 31 cents at $ 68.38 per barrel in electronic commerce in the commercial exchange of New York.
Brent Crude, the international standard, added 27 cents to $ 72.27 per barrel.
The US dollar rose to 149.40 Japanese and 148.78 yen on Thursday night. The euro fell to $ 1,0831 of $ 1,0854.
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Business writers AP Stan Choe and Matt Ott contributed.
