{"id":29150,"date":"2018-11-23T17:44:33","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T06:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/?p=29150"},"modified":"2018-11-28T02:56:24","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T15:56:24","slug":"friday-23rd-november-asian-markets-lower-on-thin-volumes-japan-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icm-cn-asia.com\/blog\/friday-23rd-november-asian-markets-lower-on-thin-volumes-japan-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday 23rd November: Asian markets lower on thin volumes &#8211; Japan closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\n\t<strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Global Markets:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei up 0.65%, Shanghai Composite down 2.17%, Hang Seng down 0.70%, ASX up 0.44%<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Commodities : Gold at $1228.00 (0.00%), Silver at $14.46 (-0.32%), Brent Oil at $61.86 (-1.18%), WTI Oil at $53.23 (-2.56%)<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Rates : US 10-year yield at 3.065, UK 10-year yield at 1.419, Germany 10-year yield at 0.367<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\n\t<strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">News &amp; Data:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">(EUR) Consumer Confidence -4 vs -3 expected<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">(CAD) Corporate Profits q\/q 3.90% vs 1.00% previous<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">(EUR) Spanish 10-y Bond Auction 1.61|1.6 vs 1.64|2.1 previous<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">China data shows economic growth slowing as impact of trade war with US intensifies<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Chinese Exports to BRI Countries Reach US$9.63 Billion at 124th Canton Fair<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\n\t<strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Markets Update:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Asian stocks were mixed in morning trade on Friday, with Chinese stocks down more about 2% on reports that the U.S. government asked key allies to avoid using equipment manufactured by China&rsquo;s Huawei Technologies. Weak corporate earnings in Europe added to worries about global growth and outweighed hopes for progress in Brexit negotiations.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">With U.S. markets closed overnight for Thanksgiving and Japan on holiday on Friday, trading activity was muted. Regional indicators turned lower after China&#39;s markets opened. The Shanghai composite fell 2.2 percent while the Shenzhen composite declined by 3.1 percent. Hong Kong&#39;s Hang Seng index also slipped 0.7 percent. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Australia&#39;s benchmark ASX 200 extended its recovery to see gains of 0.44 percent in afternoon trade, with the heavily weighted financial subindex gaining 1.15 percent.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The U.S. dollar index<a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a> was at 96.428 after declining from levels above 96.7 yesterday. In commodities markets, U.S. crude oil prices extended their recent slump as U.S. inventories hit their highest level since December, adding to concerns about a global crude glut.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t<strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Upcoming Events:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">09:15 AM GMT &#8211; (EUR) French Flash Manufacturing PMI<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">09:15 AM GMT &#8211; (EUR) French Flash Services PMI<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">09:30 AM GMT &#8211; (EUR) German Flash Manufacturing PMI<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">09:30 AM GMT &#8211; (EUR) German Flash Services PMI<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">10:00 AM GMT &#8211; (EUR) Flash Manufacturing PMI<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">12:00 AM GMT &#8211; (EUR) Flash Services PMI<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">02:30 PM GMT &#8211; (CAD) CPI m\/m<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">02:30 PM GMT &#8211; (CAD) Core Retail Sales m\/m<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">02:30 PM GMT &#8211; (CAD) Common CPI y\/y<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">02:30 PM GMT &#8211; (CAD) Median CPI y\/y<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">02:30 PM GMT &#8211; (CAD) Retail Sales m\/m<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">02:30 PM GMT &#8211; (CAD) Trimmed CPI y\/y<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/en\/education\/education-overview\/\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&amp;more&#8230;<\/span><\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Markets: Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei up 0.65%, Shanghai Composite down 2.17%, Hang Seng down 0.70%, ASX up 0.44% Commodities : Gold at $1228.00 (0.00%), Silver at $14.46 (-0.32%), Brent Oil at $61.86 (-1.18%), WTI Oil at $53.23 (-2.56%) Rates : US 10-year yield at 3.065, UK 10-year yield at 1.419, Germany 10-year yield &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icm-cn-asia.com\/blog\/friday-23rd-november-asian-markets-lower-on-thin-volumes-japan-closed\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Friday 23rd November: Asian markets lower on thin volumes &#8211; Japan closed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[339],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recent-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icm-cn-asia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icm-cn-asia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icm-cn-asia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icm-cn-asia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icm-cn-asia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/icm-cn-asia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29152,"href":"https:\/\/icm-cn-asia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29150\/revisions\/29152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icm-cn-asia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icm-cn-asia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icm-cn-asia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icm-cn-asia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}