Most
Asian index futures signaled a rebound following light pre-Thanksgiving
trading in the U.S., while the dollar maintained gains.
With
U.S. markets shut for the holiday Thursday and calls for an easing in
tensions between Russia and Turkey, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index
meandered last session, closing little changed for a third day. Futures
on stock gauges in Japan and Hong Kong rose, while those on Australian
shares slipped amid early declines in New Zealand equities. The
greenback held near a seven-month high versus the euro as investors
mulled the likely divergence in global monetary policy. U.S. crude oil
was back above $43 a barrel.
The
S&P/NZX 50 Index in Wellington lost 0.1 percent by 7:43 a.m. Tokyo
time, following the S&P 500’s drop of less than 0.1 percent. Futures
on Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index were down 0.3 percent in most
recent trading, while those on the the Nikkei 225 Stock Average were up
0.5 percent in Osaka amid a retreat in the yen.
Futures
on Hong Kong’s Hang Seng and Hang Seng China Enterprises indexes
climbed 0.3 percent, and those on the FTSE China A50 Index were up 0.1
percent in Singapore. Kospi index futures in Seoul were little changed.
Thailand also reports on car sales Thursday and Hong Kong issues data on trade. An update on Indonesian money supply is due.
Source: Bloomberg
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