Minyak Memperpanjang Penurunan Jelang Rilis Data Pasokan Minyak AS

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Minyak melemah pagi ini sebelum rilis data dari Amerika Serikat yang diperkirakan menunjukkan stok minyak mentah naik dari level ke rekor yang sudah ada. Indeks berjangka Asia dibuka mixed di tengah berfluktuasinya saham Amerika, sementara dolar Selandia Baru mendekati paritas dengan dolar Australia.

Minyak mentah West Texas Intermediate turun 0,3% ke level $ 56,45 per barel pada pukul 08:52 pagi di Tokyo, turun untuk ketiga kalinya dalam 10 hari terakhir. Kontrak berjangka pada saham Jepang mengisyaratkan keuntungan di tengah pelemahan yen, sementara kontrak pada saham Australia dan Korea menurun. Indeks berjangka Standard & Poor 500 naik 0,1% setelah indeks tersebut turun 0,2%, sedangkan indeks Nasdaq 100 mengalami penguatan. Kiwi berada di level 99,41 sen Australia sebelum data hari Rabu yang diproyeksikan akan menunjukkan inflasi di Australia melambat pada kuartal terakhir.

Persediaan minyak AS, yang sudah berada pada level tertinggi dalam 85 tahun terakhir, diprediksi naik sebesar 2,5 juta barel pekan lalu, prediksi para analis. Berakhirnya serangan udara Arab Saudi terhadap pemberontak Yaman juga memberikan kontribusi terhadap penurunan harga minyak mentah. Indeks berjangka China terakselerasi turun sebelum akhir melakukan pemulihan pasca Baoding Tianwei Group Co diberitakan menjadi perusahaan milik negara pertama yang gagal bayar terhadap utang luar negerinya.(frk)

Sumber: Bloomberg

Aussie Dollar Near Parity With Kiwi Before Australian Price Data

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Australia’s dollar was less than a cent from parity with New Zealand’s currency before the larger nation reports inflation data that may sway the central bank’s decision on interest-rate policy.

The Aussie held a three-day decline versus the kiwi after minutes yesterday of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s April 7 meeting showed it saw an advantage in waiting for more economic figures before deciding on further rate cuts. The U.S. dollar was little changed against the yen ahead of Japanese trade data forecast to show the first surplus in almost three years.

The Australian dollar was little changed at NZ$1.0064 at 8:21 a.m. in Tokyo. It traded at 77.14 U.S. cents from 77.11 Tuesday, having slumped 1.2 percent in the previous three sessions.

Australia’s consumer price index climbed 1.3 percent in the first quarter from a year ago, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists, down from 1.7 percent during the previous period.

Japan’s trade balance reached a surplus of 44.6 billion yen ($373 million) for March, the first excess in almost three years, according to a separate Bloomberg survey.

Source : Bloomberg

U.S. Stocks Mixed Amid Mylan Bid, Corporate Results; Gold Rises

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U.S. stock indexes were mixed, as the Nasdaq 100 Index rose on a Mylan NV takeover bid, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid after Travelers Cos. and DuPont Co. reported disappointing results. Emerging-market shares resumed gains and gold climbed.

The Nasdaq 100 added 0.4 percent at 4 p.m. in New York, while the Dow average lost 0.5 percent. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index jumped 0.6 percent, and developing-nation stocks rose for the first time in three days. Gold climbed on haven demand, while Greece’s 10-year bonds fell for a seventh day as concern grew about a possible default.

Mylan rallied after Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. made an unsolicited offer to buy it for about $40.1 billion, in the drug industry’s largest takeover attempt this year. Investors assessed mixed earnings from Under Armour Inc. to United Technologies Corp. for clues on the strength of corporate balance sheets. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index is 1 percent away from a record reached on March 2, the same day the Nasdaq Composite Index topped 5,000 for the first time in 15 years.

Source : Bloomberg

European Stocks Advance as SAP, Actelion Results Beat Forecasts

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European stocks climbed as companies including SAP SE and Actelion Ltd. posted better-than-forecast results.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index rose 0.6 percent to 409.12 at the close of trading. The measure extended gains to as much as 1 percent after Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem told RTL Television that some progress had been made in debt talks with Greece and a deal may still be reached by the end of the month. Shares had earlier pared their advance as a measure of German investor confidence unexpectedly fell in April.

SAP climbed 2.3 percent after reporting first-quarter sales that topped estimates as a weaker euro boosted revenue. Actelion added 5.2 percent as it increased its full-year forecast after quarterly profit beat predictions.

Stocks rebounded Monday from the year’s biggest weekly decline, with commodity shares leading gains after China’s central bank boosted stimulus measures.

Among other shares moving on corporate news today, Publicis Groupe SA rose 6.2 percent after posting better-than-forecast quarterly revenue aided by a weaker euro. Sky Plc added 5 percent after saying nine-month revenue increased.

Source : Bloomberg

U.S. Stocks Fluctuate Amid Mylan, Corporate Results; Gold Rises

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U.S. stocks fluctuated as Mylan NV rallied on a takeover offer, while investors assessed mixed corporate earnings from Travelers Cos. to Lam Research Corp. Gold advanced.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index slipped 0.1 percent at 12 p.m. in New York, after its best rally of the month Monday. The Nasdaq Composite Index topped 5,000 as Lam Research surged 8.2 percent after results beat estimates, while Travelers led the Dow Jones Industrial Average lower. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index jumped 0.6 percent. The euro erased a loss versus the dollar, and Greece’s 10-year bonds fell for a seventh day. Gold climbed on haven demand as concern grew about a possible Greek default.

Mylan rallied after Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. made an unsolicited offer to buy it for about $40.1 billion, in the drug industry’s largest takeover attempt this year. Investors assessed mixed earnings from Under Armour Inc. to United Technologies Corp. for clues on the strength of corporate balance sheets.

Source : Bloomberg