Wall Street's optimism vanished late Wednesday as President Trump’s sweeping new tariffs triggered a sharp selloff in U.S. equity futures and a flight to safe-haven assets, casting a shadow over global trade outlook and corporate margins. Key Market Moves Instrument Move S&P 500 Futures -3.5% Nasdaq 100 Futures -4.5% Treasury Futures Surged (Yields fell sharply) Japanese Yen Gained as safe haven AUD & NZD Bonds Rallied Tariff Summary A 10% baseline tariff on all U.S. imports. Additional tariffs on ~60 countries, with higher duties targeting China, EU, and Vietnam . Steel and aluminum imports spared from the new round but remain under existing 25% duties. “Eye-watering tariffs scream ‘negotiation tactic,’ which will keep markets on edge for the foreseeable future.” — Adam Hetts, Janus Henderson Investors Sector Impact Major declines hit consumer, tech, and industrial names: Company Sector Move Nike, Gap, Lululemon Retail (Vietnam-based) -...
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 21): The FBM KLCI, which languished in negative territory throughout trading hours today, closed 3.78 points or 0.25% lower amid renewed concerns about the fast-spreading Covid-19's global economic impact.
The benchmark index, which earlier touched an intraday low of 1,527.57 points, down 7.41 points or 0.48% — pared about half its losses to settle at 1,531.20 at 5pm.
Sime Darby Bhd led the decline among component stocks with a 2.33% drop, followed by Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd at 1.89%. The gainers included Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd, which climbed 1.58% and Genting Bhd, which rose 1.28%. And among the most actively traded were Eduspec Holdings Bhd, XOX Bhd and Perdana Petroleum Bhd.
Across the board, there were more decliners than gainers, at 439 versus 391. Total turnover stood at 2.73 billion shares worth RM2.14 billion across Bursa Malaysia.
Malacca Securities Sdn Bhd senior analyst Kenneth Leong said the FBM
KLCI failed to build onto the gains in its previous sessions as it was
bogged down by negative sentiment on Wall Street and renewed concerns
over increasing Covid-19 casualties, coupled with the ringgit's recent
retreat against the US dollar.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 128.05 points overnight to finish at 29,219.98. At the time of writing, the ringgit was trading at 4.1930 against the US dollar.
“For now, we see the 1,515-level serving as the major support while any gains is expected to be mild towards the 1,545-level. We expect the negative market sentiment to remain in place until the middle of next week when the Government announces its stimulus measures.
“In the meantime, the ongoing release of corporate earnings will also dictate market sentiment,” Leong told theedgemarkets.com.
Likewise, Southeast Asian stocks were mostly down on Friday as the spread of the Covid-19 virus continues to spread outside mainland China and its impact on Asia’s economies dulled the appeal of risk assets.
Reuters reported that Singapore and Japan are on the brink of recession, while South Korea, which has initiated a lockdown on its city of Daegu, said its exports to China slumped in the first 20 days of February as the outbreak upends global supply chains.
China’s ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian nations Deng Xijun reportedly said Beijing had taken measures to support enterprises involved in Belt and Road projects, including by helping companies prepare to resume their work overseas in an orderly way.
In China, the Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 0.31%, marking its best week since last April as the Chinese Commerce Ministry said on Friday it will speed up studying new fiscal, tax financial, insurance measures to support companies to counter the impact of the epidemic, Reuters wrote.
In contrast, the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index fell 1.09% at its close while Korea’s Kospi and Japan’s Nikkei lost 1.49% and 0.39%, respectively. Closer to home, the Singapore Straits Times Index fell by 0.43% as of press time.
Source: The Edge
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 128.05 points overnight to finish at 29,219.98. At the time of writing, the ringgit was trading at 4.1930 against the US dollar.
“For now, we see the 1,515-level serving as the major support while any gains is expected to be mild towards the 1,545-level. We expect the negative market sentiment to remain in place until the middle of next week when the Government announces its stimulus measures.
“In the meantime, the ongoing release of corporate earnings will also dictate market sentiment,” Leong told theedgemarkets.com.
Likewise, Southeast Asian stocks were mostly down on Friday as the spread of the Covid-19 virus continues to spread outside mainland China and its impact on Asia’s economies dulled the appeal of risk assets.
Reuters reported that Singapore and Japan are on the brink of recession, while South Korea, which has initiated a lockdown on its city of Daegu, said its exports to China slumped in the first 20 days of February as the outbreak upends global supply chains.
China’s ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian nations Deng Xijun reportedly said Beijing had taken measures to support enterprises involved in Belt and Road projects, including by helping companies prepare to resume their work overseas in an orderly way.
In China, the Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 0.31%, marking its best week since last April as the Chinese Commerce Ministry said on Friday it will speed up studying new fiscal, tax financial, insurance measures to support companies to counter the impact of the epidemic, Reuters wrote.
In contrast, the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index fell 1.09% at its close while Korea’s Kospi and Japan’s Nikkei lost 1.49% and 0.39%, respectively. Closer to home, the Singapore Straits Times Index fell by 0.43% as of press time.
Source: The Edge
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