Asia-Pacific stocks mixed; Australia central bank rate decision ahead
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SINGAPORE — Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed in Tuesday morning trade, with the Australian central bank set to announce its interest rate decision later in the day.
Japanese stocks declined following the collapse of their Monday surgeWith the Nikkei 225The Topix index lost 0.28% while its value fell by 0.55%. South Korea KospiAdvanced 0.83%
The Australian Stock Market fell to negative territory as a result. S&P/ASX 200Gains earlier lost and the decline was 0.2% This is The Reserve Bank of Australiais scheduled to make its interest rate announcement at 11:30 a.m. HK/SIN.
MSCI’s Asia-Pacific share index outside Japan was 0.04% more.
Wall Street closes at record highs
Overnight on Wall Street, the the S&P 500 gained 0.18% to a record closing high of 4,613.67. Also, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 94.28 point to 35.913.84, completing trading at a new record. Also closing at a record, the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.63% to 15,595.92.
Oil and Currencies
The U.S. dollar indexAfter declining from above 94,, which measures the greenback’s value against a basket its peers, stood at 93.927.
The Japanese yenIt traded at 114.07 USD, up from 114.4 yesterday. The Australian dollarAfter yesterday’s climb from $0.75 to $0.75, the price of $0.7521 has changed.
The morning Asia trading hour saw oil prices lower, due to international benchmarks Brent crude futuresThe barrel price dropped by 0.19%, to $84.55 U.S. crude futuresOil prices dropped 0.1% to $83.96 per barrel
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