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The stock indexes of the largest countries in the Asia-Pacific region (APR) mostly rose in trading on Thursday, with the exception of the Hong Kong indicator.
Optimistic statistics on the increase in the number of jobs in the United States, published yesterday, dampened hopes that the US Federal Reserve may slow down the pace of tightening interest rates, writes MarketWatch. This put some pressure on stock markets.
The number of jobs in the US private sector in September increased by 208 thousand compared to August, according to the ADP Research Institute. Analysts polled by Dow Jones estimated an increase of 200,000. In August, the number of jobs increased by 185,000, and not by 132,000, as previously reported.
Traders are now waiting for the US Department of Labor September labor market report, which will be released on Friday at 3:30 pm. Experts estimate the unemployment rate in the country last month at 3.7%, the same as in August, and the increase in the number of new jobs in the economy as a whole at 250,000, writes Trading Economics.
Market participants also evaluated the OPEC + decision.
Ministers of the OPEC+ countries at a meeting on Wednesday decided to reduce the alliance’s total oil production quota in November by 2 million bpd.
The Japanese Nikkei 225 rose 0.7% by the close of trading.
The Bank of Japan confirmed its view that most regions of the country are showing moderate economic growth. The regulator left unchanged the assessment of eight out of nine regions and improved the assessment for one region.
The growth leaders among the components of the index are the shares of the IT company Rakuten Group Inc. (+4.6%), Credit Saison Co. Ltd. (+3.3%), a credit card company, and pharmaceutical company Eisai Co. Ltd. (+2.9%).
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 0.4%.
The drop leaders in the index are the shares of the pharmaceutical company Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. (-7.6%), automaker Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. (-3.8%) and developer Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd. (-3.6%).
Shares of Chinese lithium battery manufacturer CALB Co. completed the debut auction in Hong Kong, practically unchanged in price. The papers started trading at the level of the placement price, and then went into the red, where they were for the main part of the session, but by the close of trading they again returned to the level of 38 Hong Kong dollars ($4.84) per share.
Exchanges in mainland China are closed due to the National Day holidays.
The South Korean Kospi index rose by 1%.
The market value of one of the world’s largest chip manufacturers Samsung Electronics Co. increased by 0.5%, automaker Hyundai Motor – by 0.6%.
The Australian S&P/ASX 200 added 0.03%.
Shares of the world’s largest mining companies BHP and Rio Tinto increased by 0.6% and 0.2%, respectively.
Ukraine and North Macedonia have agreed to expand the free trade zone, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said.
“Today, as part of our visit to the Czech Republic to participate in the first session of the European Political Community, we met with Prime Minister of North Macedonia Dimitar Kovachevsky. An updated annex to the Free Trade Agreement was signed, which integrates the markets of Ukraine and North Macedonia with the markets of the EU, Turkey, Moldova , Georgia, Norway, Switzerland and Israel through a common system of rules of origin for PanEuroMed,” Shmyhal wrote on the Telegram channel.
According to him, the agreement will help reduce prices for Macedonian goods, which are raw materials for processing enterprises.
“This is the main advantage for the industry of Ukraine. After all, now Ukrainian manufacturers can use components produced in North Macedonia for products that will be sold in the EU,” he wrote.
In addition, the agreement liberalizes agricultural tariffs.
“Ukraine will gain access to the market for products of animal origin and finished products, which will help increase the export of Ukrainian agricultural products,” the prime minister said.
The US dollar is moderately declining against major world currencies on Thursday morning, investors evaluate the statements of the Federal Reserve Board and statistical data.
The ICE-calculated index, which shows the dynamics of the US dollar against six currencies (the euro, the Swiss franc, the yen, the Canadian dollar, the pound sterling and the Swedish krona), is down 0.2%, the broader WSJ Dollar is down 0.25%.
The euro/dollar pair is trading at $0.9920 by 9:08 Moscow time compared to $0.9885 at the close of the session on Wednesday, the euro adds about 0.35%.
The exchange rate of the American currency against the yen is reduced by 0.1% and amounts to 144.53 yen compared to 144.69 yen the day before.
The pound rose 0.1% to $1.1335 compared to $1.1327 at the close of the previous session.
The day before, the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Rafael Bostic, said that he supports raising the key interest rate in the US by another 125 basis points by the end of the year, to 4.5%.
Meanwhile, San Francisco Fed colleague Mary Daly told CNN that the central bank should raise borrowing costs even higher and keep them high until inflation starts approaching 2%.
It became known yesterday that the index of business activity in the US services sector (ISM Non-Manufacturing) in September decreased to 56.7 points compared to 56.9 points a month earlier, data from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) showed. Analysts, on average, assumed a more significant drop, to 56 points, according to Trading Economics.
Now all the attention of market participants is directed to data on the US labor market, which will be published on Friday. Experts believe that the unemployment rate in the country in September remained at the August mark of 3.7%, and the number of new jobs increased by 315 thousand people.
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The Embassy of Japan in Ukraine has officially resumed its work in Kyiv.
“We are back and ready to work together with Ukraine for the sake of victory! On Wednesday, October 5, the Japanese Embassy in Ukraine officially resumed work in Kyiv. Japan will further strengthen cooperation between Ukraine and Japan and help restore and rebuild Ukraine. Japan together with Ukraine!” the embassy said on its Twitter page on Wednesday.
It is emphasized that the consular section of the embassy is still closed.
