Jan 24 ,2024
Synopsis:
Asia equities poised to open mostly higher Thursday. Futures in Hong Kong and Australia advanced while Japan continued to lag. US contracts marginally firmer after a mixed main session that saw S&P 500 and Nasdaq log their fifth straight gain. Tech leads positive with strength in big tech names translating to Nasdaq outperformance, alongside sharp gains in SOX and Golden Dragon China index. Treasuries were mostly weaker. Dollar index was down 0.3%, with the greenback weakest on the yen cross. Gold finished down 0.5%, off earlier strength. Bitcoin futures were up 1.4% (but still below $40K). WTI crude settled up 1.0%, off best levels despite a big weekly US inventory draw.
Latest earnings takeaways leaned positive. In after-hours highlights, Tesla (TSLA) missed on headline metrics and warned of "notably lower" 2024 sales growth while IBM (IBM) beat. Netflix (NLFX) rallied sharply after yesterday's post-close earnings. Attention also went to Microsoft (MSFT) gains taking its market cap to $3T, second to Apple (AAPL). Gains in most of the Magnificent Seven names were highlighted. Some signs of stabilization in the repricing of Fed pivot expectations, which has been the big overhang in early 2024 trading. Confidence in US soft landing scenario underpinning support.
PBOC's RRR cut announcement resonated positively overnight, helping to support sentiment. Follows perceptions that China valuations are cheap, though required new catalysts to push the market higher. However, economists debated broader economic impact with some seeing the measure aimed at shoring up liquidity ahead of Lunar New Year holiday. PBOC thought to be relying on announcement effects after Governor Pan unusually delivered the news at a press conference before the statement was published. Macro developments light elsewhere. South Korea Q4 GDP growth came in line with expectations. Next focus on Tokyo inflation data tomorrow.
Pre-open Company News:
604.HK -- Shenzhen Investment reports December contracted sales CNY2.76B, (66.5%) y/y
ORTX -- Kyowa Kirin competes acquisition of Orchard Therapeutics; deal was announced 5-Oct
8454.TT -- momo.com board approves FY24 capital expenditure of NT$1.28B
BofA upgrades 9766.JP; downgrades 3659.JP, we're told
532215.IN -- Axis Bank downgraded to add from buy at HDFC Securities
532755.IN -- Tech Mahindra reports Q3 consolidated EPS INR5.76 vs StreetAccount INR6.77
543237.IN -- Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders receives INR10.70B order for fourteen FPV from Coast Guard
9901.HK -- New Oriental Education & Technology Group reports Q2 non-GAAP EPADS $0.29 vs StreetAccount $0.26
India to allow direct listing of securities by public Indian companies on international exchange of GIFT IFSC
533273.IN -- Street Takeaways - Oberoi Realty Q3 Earnings
532505.IN -- UCO Bank reports Q3 standalone EPS INR0.42 vs year-ago INR0.55
293.HK -- Cathay Pacific Airways reports December traffic +89.3% y/y
303.HK -- VTech Holdings acquires assets from Gigaset Communications GmbH for €30.5M cash
297.HK -- Sinofert Holdings chairman Liu Hongsheng resigns; effective today
532538.IN -- UltraTech Cement downgraded to hold from accumulate at KRC Research
On Deck:
South Korea:
Economic:
08:00 KST: GDP NSA Y/Y (Preliminary); consensus +2.1%
Earnings:
SK Hynix (000660.KS), Hyundai Motor (005380.KS), Hyundai GLOVIS Co. (086280.KS), Hyundai Mobis (012330.KS), SAMSUNG SDS CO. (018260.KS)
Australia:
Earnings:
Santos (STO.AU), Insignia Financial (IFL.AU)
India:
Earnings:
JSW Steel (500228.IN), Vedanta (500295.IN), ACC Ltd (500410.IN), Adani Power (533096.IN), Syngene International (539268.IN), AU Small Finance Bank (540611.IN), SBI Cards & Payment Services (543066.IN), Tata Technologies (544028.IN), Cholamandalam Investment & Finance (511243.IN), Indraprastha Gas (532514.IN), Vedant Fashions (543463.IN)
Singapore:
Earnings:
Mapletree Industrial Trust (ME8U.SP)
Market Data:
Gold (Feb 24): $0.00 or 0.00% to $2016.00
WTI Crude (Mar 24): +$0.33 or +0.44% to $75.42
$-¥: (0.86) or (0.58%) to 147.5160
$-KRW: (7.07) or (0.53%) to 1332.6900
A$-$: (0.00) or (0.06%) to 0.6577
$-INR: (0.05) or (0.06%) to 83.1090
$-CNY: +0.03 or +0.40% to 7.1748
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