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Sharp rise on Wall Street buoy emerging stocks

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December 27, 2018
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Global stocksEmerging markets stock rose on Thursday as positive sentiment from Wall Street’s spectacular rise overnight spilled over, but gains were tempered by China stocks marking their lowest close in four years.

The three major indices on Wall Street closed between 4.96 per cent and 5.84 per cent higher on Wednesday after a report that holiday sales were the strongest in years allayed some concerns about the health of the economy.

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Taking cues, most emerging stock markets rose with Taiwan shares leading gains in Asia with a 1.7 per cent rise, while indexes in Russia and Turkey rose 1 per cent on average.

Some relief also came as a top White House Council of Economic Advisers said U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s job was not in jeopardy.

His comments came after President Donald Trump described the Fed as the “only problem” in the U.S. economy.

“The market is somewhat upbeat to hear Jerome Powell will not be relieved of his duties, as that would have been a deep negative,” said Chris Weston, Melbourne-based head of research at foreign exchange brokerage Pepperstone.

The MSCI index of emerging market shares rose 0.2 per cent to its highest in a week.
But, the index trimmed gains as mainland China and Hong Kong shares reversed course and closed sharply lower.

Shares of Sinopec weighed on the Shanghai Composite and Hong Kong indices after Reuters reported that the state-owned oil giant had suspended two top executives at its trading arm.

The Shanghai index marked its lowest close since November 2014.

Among emerging market currencies, the South Korean won and the Chinese yuan firmed more than 0.3 per cent each, while South Africa’s rand climbed 0.2 per cent against a weaker dollar.

Most others declined, with oil exporter Russia’s rouble weakening 0.6 per cent as oil prices came off their 8 per cent rise in the previous session.

“The muted reaction is due to the lingering uncertainty as to whether we are about to see the last of the volatility introduced by politics in Washington,” Sim Moh Siong, FX strategist at Bank of Singapore said.

The partial shutdown of the U.S. government, which is expected to remain in place into January and President Trump’s repeated attacks on the Fed, have left investors jittery over the past few sessions.

“Market is still quite wary in terms of U.S. policy uncertainty so unless we see a change in style of leadership, it will keep investors on the sidelines,” Sim added.

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