Oct 17 ,2024
Synopsis:
Asian markets set for mixed start to Friday trade. Futures signaling mild opening declines in Hong Kong and positive open in Japan. ASX lower in initial trade. Nasdaq futures touch higher afterhours with NFLX +5% following subs beat. Australian and New Zealand bonds under pressure after Treasury curve bear steepened. FX markets flat after yen broke through 150-per dollar handle for first time since early August. Crude and gold steady after managing cautious gains. Bitcoin range bound.
Attention turns to China GDP and activity data. Consensus is for a slowdown in Q3 GDP growth that still leaves 9M aggregate in line with government's 2024 growth target. Little change expected in fixed asset investment and industrial production growth though retail sales growth seen picking up. Property metrics will also be eyed with real estate investment declines seen maintaining 10% pace.
Nasdaq Golden Dragon index down 3.6% overnight, extending Thursday pullback on China markets after Housing Ministry press briefing underwhelmed hopes for meaningful support. Expanded 'white list' met with doubts whether it will aid property destocking, coming after recent MoF press conference fell short of major policies to boost consumption. Property developers have led broad pullback on China markets this week amid the constant stimulus disappointment.
Pre-open Company News:
1336.HK -- New China Life Insurance reports Jan-Sep premium income of CNY145.64B; StreetAccount notes year-ago was CNY142.91B
601611.CH -- China Nuclear Engineering Corp. reports Jan-Sep new contracts signed CNY106.73B
600660.CH -- Fuyao Glass Industry Group reports 9M net income attributable CNY5.48B, +33% vs year-ago CNY4.13B
517354.IN -- Havells India reports Q2 standalone profit after tax INR2.73B vs StreetAccount INR3.17B
6657.HK -- Baiwang CEO Yang Zhengdao resigns in pursuit of other career development objectives, effective today
541729.IN -- HDFC Asset Management downgraded to accumulate from buy at KRC Research
435.HK -- Sunlight Real Estate Investment Trust reports Q1 occupancy rate 91.1% vs quarter-ago 91.6%
500209.IN -- Infosys reports Q2 consolidated EPS INR15.68 vs StreetAccount INR16.24
Banks, food/beverage and media outperform; basic resources and telecom slide:
532215.IN -- Follow up: Axis Bank reports Q2 Net interest income INR134.83B vs StreetAccount INR135.95B
532514.IN -- Indraprastha Gas notes 21% reduction in domestic gas allocation to company, effective 16-Oct; expects adverse material impact on profitability
590003.IN -- Karur Vysya Bank reports Q2 EPS INR5.88 vs FactSet INR5.53 [3 est, INR5.40-5.80]
532790.IN -- Tanla Platforms reports Q2 consolidated EPS INR9.67 vs year-ago INR10.60
500770.IN -- Tata Chemicals reports Q2 consolidated EPS (cont ops) INR7.61 vs year-ago INR16.80
590003.IN -- Follow-up: Karur Vysya Bank reports Q2 Net interest income INR10.60B vs FactSet INR10.48B
On Deck:
China:
Economic:
08:00 CST: Foreign Direct Investment Y/Y; consensus
10:00 CST: GDP NSA Y/Y; consensus +4.6%
10:00 CST: Industrial Output NSA Y/Y; consensus +4.6%
10:00 CST: Retail Sales NSA Y/Y; consensus +2.4%
Hong Kong:
Earnings:
China Tower (788.HK)
Japan:
Economic:
08:30 JST: CPI Core National Y/Y; consensus
08:30 JST: CPI National Y/Y; consensus +2.5%
08:30 JST: CPI ex-Fresh Food and Energy; consensus +2.3%
Australia:
Earnings:
Atlas Arteria (ALX.AU), Beach Energy (BPT.AU)
India:
Earnings:
Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals (500109.IN), Hindustan Zinc (500188.IN), Mastek (523704.IN), Tejas Networks (540595.IN), Aether Industries (543534.IN), Jindal SAW (500378.IN), Elecon Engineering (505700.IN), Oberoi Realty (533273.IN), L&T Finance (533519.IN)
Singapore:
Earnings:
Sabana Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (M1GU.SP)
Thailand:
Earnings:
TMBThanachart Bank Public Co. (TTB.TB)
Market Data:
Gold (Dec 24): $0.00 or 0.00% to $2707.50
WTI Crude (Nov 24): +$0.20 or +0.28% to $70.87
$-¥: +0.62 or +0.41% to 150.2550
$-KRW: +5.30 or +0.39% to 1369.8300
A$-$: +0.00 or +0.45% to 0.6697
$-INR: (0.00) or (0.00%) to 84.0448
$-CNY: +0.00 or +0.05% to 7.1229
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