Asian
index futures signaled a mixed day for the region’s stocks, with
mainland Chinese markets returning to the fray after missing the global
equity rally due to a week-long holiday.
While
futures on South Korea stocks climbed with Australian and New Zealand
shares, a two-day gain in the yen dimmed prospects for Japanese equities
and Hong Kong futures also retreated. Chinese markets, which were at
the epicenter of August’s global turmoil, will trade for the first time
since Sept. 30, with stocks around the world posting their longest rally
since April in Shanghai’s absence and emerging-market assets soaring.
Oil resumed gains after an increase in U.S. supplies sent it below $48 a
barrel.
New
Zealand’s S&P/NZX 50 Index added 0.3 percent in Wellington, while
the S&P/ASX 200 Index in neighboring Australia rose 0.3 percent.
Contracts on the Kospi index in Seoul foreshadowed gains of 0.8 percent,
while those on Hong Kong’s Hang Seng and Hang Seng China Enterprises
indexes dropped at least 0.3 percent.
Futures
on Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost 0.2 percent to 18,340 by 3
a.m. in Osaka, with the yen strengthening 0.4 percent over the past two
days. The currency was little changed early Thursday at 119.97 per
dollar. Yen-denominated futures on the Nikkei 225 rose 0.1 percent to
18,355 in Chicago, after rising 1 percent last session.
The
Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares exchange-traded
fund, the largest U.S. ETF tracking Chinese stocks, jumped 2.8 percent
Wednesday and has climbed 6.7 percent this month.
Source : Bloomberg
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