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Asian Stocks Increase as US, China Exchange Tariffs

On Monday, Asian stocks increased from the advance of Wall Street after the strong employment data’s release for June. Meanwhile, as the US and China exchanged tariffs last week, investors are constantly monitoring the trade.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 increased to 1.27% while pharmaceuticals headed the game with gains. The broader Topix made an advance of 0.99%.

Meanwhile, the Kospi had thinner gains in South Korea and made a 0.58% increase. This happened as tech stocks jumped while manufacturers weakened. Index heavyweight Samsung Electronics jumped to 1.45%. However, Posco made a 3.32% decline.

In spite the bank and resources play’s gains, S&P/ASX 200 added 0.24% in Australia. Moreover, as the banks trading higher in the morning, BHP jumped to 1.87%.

Asian stocks jump as Wall Street ends in green
Asian stocks increased as Wall Street ended in green.

In the morning trade, Greater China markets boosted. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index made a 1.74% advance. The Shanghai composite got a 1.66% increase and Shenzhen lifted to 1.57%.

The sentiment’s improvement in the session followed after the development on the trade front. This is when the US imposed tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese goods.

China retaliated through imposing duties of its own with on the same value as US products. Ministry of Commerce in China said that they had no other choice but to respond after the US launched “the largest trade war in economic history.”

On Friday, US President Donald Trump said that there are other $16 billion Chinese goods to put on tariffs next week. Further, he was considering additional slapping duties on $500 billion Chinese products.

David Lafferty is a chief market strategist at Natixis Investment Managers. According to him, the trade talk is creating doubt and affecting business.

“Inflation and higher prices are the least of my worries … Disrupting global supply chains is a bigger risk than the dollar value of the tariffs themselves,” he added.

Asian stocks jump as Wall Street ends in green

On Monday, Asian Stocks jumped after the Wall Street ended in the green last Friday. This followed the recent US Non-Farm Payrolls which revealed greater job figures. Moreover, the sentiment on bullish equity has sustained on the following week. Thus, this lifted Asia indexes higher.

Amid the start of the US-China trade tensions, Asian equities bounced back after a constant drop last week.

The Nikkei 225 of Japan made a 1.3% increase and Topic Tokyo index strode a 1.25% high. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index is optimistic on Monday with a 1.55% increase. On one hand, Shanghai’s CSI 300 jumped to 2.1%. The Asia Pacific, on the other hand, the broad index remained calm with 0.81%. Meanwhile, ASX 200 of Australia is staying steady at 0.14%.



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