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20.03.26 - 03:06
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Hong Kong stocks waver as oil swings on Middle East tensions (SCMP)
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Hong Kong stocks swung between gains and losses on Friday as investors traded on headlines about the Middle East tensions and navigated volatile oil prices.
The Hang Seng Index fell 0.1 per cent to 25,471.66 as of 9.46am local time. The Hang Seng Tech Index dropped 0.7 per cent.
On the mainland, the CSI 300 Index climbed 0.9 per cent and the Shanghai Composite Index added 0.3 per cent.
Alibaba Group Holding tumbled 4.1 per cent to HK$126.50 after reporting a 67 per cent slump in quarterly......
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19.03.26 - 22:48
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Bond Markets Hit by Oil Shock (Bloomberg)
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Matthew Diczok, head of fixed income strategy, Merrill and Bank of America Private Bank said the market doesn't expect their to be a sustained increase in energy.
he world's bond markets were whipsawed by unusual volatility as investors rushed to bet on higher interest rates after key central banks signaled fresh concern the surge in oil prices will deliver an inflation shock.
Three weeks into the war in Iran, the fallout unleashed a major repricing of short-term bonds during much of Thursday's trading day by dashing once widespread expectations that central banks would cut rates this year to spur growth.
The selloff was led by the UK, where the surge in yields held echoes of 2022, when former Prime Minister Liz Truss' fiscal plans sent the market into a tailspin. The two-year rate jumped as much as 40 basis points to 4.49% after the Bank of England on Thursday said it “stands ready” to act to prevent inflation from accelerating. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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19.03.26 - 22:42
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CIBC′s Rebecca Babin on Oil Markets Amid the Iran War (Bloomberg)
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CIBC Private Wealth Senior Energy trader Rebecca Babin discusses the market volatility caused by the ongoing conflict in Iran, and the opportunity to limit the 'economic scarring' if the war is resolved within the next few weeks. She talks with Katie Greifeld and Romaine Bostick on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)...
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