Stocks, Dollar Jolted by Missile Strike in Poland: Markets Wrap

Stocks, Dollar Jolted by Missile Strike in Poland: Markets Wrap

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November 16, 2022 by secret
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(Bloomberg) — Stocks and currencies whipsawed on Wednesday after a rocket that struck inside the Polish border fueled fears of an escalation of the war in Ukraine. Most Read from Bloomberg Shares in Hong Kong, Australia and South Korea fell, as did US and European equity futures, amid significant volatility in intraday prices. Positive sentiment
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(Bloomberg) — Stocks and currencies whipsawed on Wednesday after a rocket that struck inside the Polish border fueled fears of an escalation of the war in Ukraine.

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Shares in Hong Kong, Australia and South Korea fell, as did US and European equity futures, amid significant volatility in intraday prices.

Positive sentiment from the outlook for slower interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve evaporated as traders in Asia turned their attention to geopolitical risks. Comments from US President Joe Biden — suggesting the missile was unlikely to have been fired from Russia — had only a temporary impact on investor confidence.

The Polish zloty trimmed its losses against the dollar while a broad gauge of the greenback returned to its high point for the day as traders sought security.

Treasury yields saw small gains after recent declines in line with pricing for the Fed’s policy rate. Oil and gold both slipped.

“After a strong rebound in US equities and in the Chinese equity markets, I think it makes sense to have some consolidation,” Grace Tam, chief investment adviser for Hong Kong at BNP Paribas Wealth Management, said on Bloomberg Television. “With what happened in terms of the missile, it could be the trigger of the consolidation. Sentiment has gone from risk-on to a little bit risk-off.”

Key events this week:

  • US business inventories, cross-border investment, retail sales, industrial production, Wednesday

  • Fed’s John Williams, Lael Brainard and SEC Chair Gary Gensler speak, Wednesday

  • ECB President Christine Lagarde speaks, Wednesday

  • Eurozone CPI, Thursday

  • US housing starts, initial jobless claims, Thursday

  • Fed’s Neel Kashkari, Loretta Mester speak, Thursday

  • US Conference Board leading index, existing home sales, Friday

Some of the main moves in markets:

Stocks

  • Futures on the S&P 500 fell 0.2% as of 1:37 p.m. Tokyo time. The S&P 500 rose 0.9%

  • Nasdaq 100 futures fell 0.3%. The Nasdaq 100 climbed 1.5%

  • Euro Stoxx 50 futures fell 0.9%

  • The Topix Index was little changed

  • The S&P/ASX 200 Index fell 0.4%

  • The Hang Seng Index fell 1.1%

  • The Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.2%

Currencies

  • The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose 0.3%

  • The euro was little changed at $1.0354

  • The Japanese yen fell 0.6% to 140.07 per dollar

  • The offshore yuan fell 0.5% to 7.0869 per dollar

Cryptocurrencies

  • Bitcoin was little changed at $16,898.38

  • Ether rose 0.9% to $1,256.72

Bonds

Commodities

  • West Texas Intermediate crude fell 0.9% to $86.17 a barrel

  • Spot gold fell 0.4% to $1,772.55 an ounce

This story was produced with the assistance of Bloomberg Automation.

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