investingLive Asia-Pacific FX news wrap: OPEC+ keeps supply taps open
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Summary::
- OPEC+ confirmed a fifth straight monthly output increase, with Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman all participating; crude little changed on the news
- The US dollar firmed broadly, with USD/JPY back near 161.80 and the euro, sterling, Aussie and Kiwi all softer against the greenback
- Regional equities were mixed: the Kospi underperformed as chip stocks weighed, following a Bank of Korea warning over the weekend on single-stock leveraged ETFs tied to Samsung and SK Hynix
- Japan’s Nikkei slipped off its highs to trade lower on the session, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng held up better and Shanghai hovered near flat
- US equity index futures gave up early gains through the session
OPEC+ added to global supply for a fifth consecutive month, with Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman all taking part in the latest increase. The confirmation did little to move crude prices, which traded largely unchanged on the session, suggesting the market had already priced in the widely flagged decision.
Currency markets saw the US dollar reassert itself, with USD/JPY tracking back toward 161.80 as the euro, sterling, Australian dollar and New Zealand dollar all lost ground against the greenback. The firmer dollar tone came against a backdrop of renewed scrutiny in South Korea, where the Kospi underperformed regional peers as chip stocks weighed following a weekend warning from the Bank of Korea. The central bank flagged that single-stock leveraged ETFs tied to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, which together account for 55.3% of the Kospi’s total market capitalisation and 63.5% of its trading value, could deepen market concentration and amplify volatility, with daily rebalancing mechanisms structurally magnifying price swings and threatening to widen retail investor losses in any downturn.
Elsewhere in the region, Japan’s Nikkei slipped off its earlier highs to trade lower on the day, while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong held up comparatively well and Shanghai’s benchmark straddled the neutral line. US equity index futures, which had been supported in early trade, gave back those gains as the session progressed.
Yen off to a shaky start to the week already.
This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.