On Monday morning (25 November, 9:24 AM, GMT+7, Bangkok time), major indices in Asia Pacific traded mixed in anticipation of a busy week of key economic indicators set to be released, including China’s industrial figures, India’s third-quarter GDP results, Singapore’s and Australia’s October inflation, South Korea’s central bank interest rate decision, and Tokyo’s November inflation report.
Japan’s NIKKEI surged by 1.38% to 38,811.68. South Korea’s KOSPI jumped by 1.53% to 2,539.51, and Australia’s ASX 200 rose by 0.66% to 8,448.8.
As for stocks in China, Shanghai’s SSEC and Hong Kong’s HSI remained unchanged at 3,267.07 and 19,229.58, respectively, while Shenzhen’s SZI slid by 0.37% to 10,400.29.
Meanwhile, the US stock markets exhibited an upward trend on Friday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) grew by 0.97% to 44,296.51. NASDAQ climbed by 0.16% to 19,003.65, and S&P 500 expanded by 0.35% to 5,969.34. VIX plummeted by 9.66% to 15.24.
As for commodities, oil prices settled higher on Friday, marking a weekly increase of over 5% fueled by escalating tensions in Ukraine and expectations of a rise in Chinese imports for November. Brent futures gained 94 cents or 1.27% to $75.17 a barrel, and the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) increased $1.14 or 1.63% to $71.24 per barrel.
This morning, Brent futures dipped 19 cents or 0.25% to $74.98 a barrel, and the WTI declined 14 cents or 0.2% to $71.1 per barrel.
Meanwhile, gold futures fell 0.33% to $2,703.2 per Troy ounce.
