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Asian markets wary over stimulus, pandemic concerns

Published 11/12/2020, 10:41 am
Updated 11/12/2020, 10:42 am
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By Pete Schroeder

Dec 11 (Reuters) - Investors in Asia were set to push stocks lower on Friday as concerns about U.S. stimulus and climbing COVID-19 cases weighed globally on optimism.

Australian S&P/ASX 200 futures YAPcm1 were down 0.54% in early trading, while {{178|Japan's NiNikkei 225 futures NKc1 were up 0.09%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index futures .HSI .HSIc1 were up 0.44%.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said negotiations over a new COVID-19 relief package were making "a lot of progress," although lawmakers in both parties said action could take longer than originally hoped as sticking points remained and Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's staff were skeptical compromises could be made. on the stimulus package grew sharper after new data showed the number of Americans filing first-time claims for jobless benefits jumped to a near three-month high, as spiking COVID-19 cases weighed on economic activity. policymakers are still trying to hammer out a coronavirus relief package," wrote Joseph Capurso, a strategist with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. "The U.S. economy needs fiscal relief because lockdowns continue to spread. The lockdowns are closing businesses and preventing spending."

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 0.23%, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 0.13% and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 0.54%.

In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said there was a "strong possibility" the nation could split from the European Union with a trade agreement. Sterling fell on the likelier prospects of a no-deal Brexit. euro rose after the European Central Bank announced more stimulus measures to help steer the region out of a double-dip recession. the United States, strong demand for $24 billion in 30-year Treasury bonds on auction drove longer-dated yields down and flattened the yield curve. The benchmark 10-year yield US10YT=RR fell 3.3 basis points on Thursday to 0.908%. prices climbed nearly 3%, with Brent hitting levels not seen since early March, on hopes of a speedier recovery thanks to COVID-19 vaccines. Brent crude LCOc1 rose 2.8%, and U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 rose 2.8%.

Investor optimism helped pushed down safe-haven gold, with spot gold XAU= falling 0.4% and U.S. gold futures GCv1 settling down 0.1%.

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