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Philippines’ Marcos picks ex-military chief and COVID tsar as defence minister

MANILA, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has chosen a former military chief who led the country’s fight against the coronavirus as his new defense minister, his office said on Monday.

Carlito Galvez, 60, headed the Philippines’ COVID-19 task force and as a regional army commander was in 2017 credited with overseeing the defeat of militants loyal to Islamic State, who took over and held a southern town for five months in 2017.

He replaces Jose Faustino, whose resignation as acting defense chief was announced by the president’s office, without providing a reason.

Galvez, who served as armed forces chief in 2018, will be responsible for protecting the Philippines maritime territory and its exclusive economic zone, amid tension with China over the prolonged presence in the South China Sea of fishing boats believed to be manned by militia.

The defense ministry has been pushing to modernize the military and upgrade its outdated air and sea assets, in an effort to boost its ability to protect its vast maritime borders and islands it holds close to manmade facilities built on reefs and militarized by China.

(Reporting by Karen Lema; Editing by Martin Petty)

 

China tightens listing guidelines to funnel funding to strategic sectors – FT

China tightens listing guidelines to funnel funding to strategic sectors – FT

Jan 9 (Reuters) – China’s stock regulator is set to stop local companies in certain sectors from listing on the country’s main stock exchanges, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing two capital markets bankers familiar with the matter.

The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has informed bankers it has given some industries, including food and beverage and COVID-19 testing companies, a “red light” that stops them from equity financing on Shanghai and Shenzhen main exchanges, the report said.

The regulator has also recognized a number of “yellow light” sectors, which include apparel and furniture companies, where listing requests would come under scrutiny if their growth relies heavily on debt for expansion, the report said.

(Reporting by Akriti Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Tom Hogue)

Dollar slips on China re-opening and hopes of slower US rate hikes

Dollar slips on China re-opening and hopes of slower US rate hikes

SINGAPORE, Jan 9 (Reuters) – The US dollar was on the back foot on Monday as China’s re-opening of its borders, and increasing hopes of the Federal Reserve slowing the pace of its interest rate hikes boosted risk sentiment.

Sterling was on the charge again on Monday, gaining 0.42% to USD 1.2143, after spiking 1.5% on Friday. The euro was up 0.28% at USD 1.0674, after closing 1.17% higher on Friday.

US data showed a jump in the workforce and easing wage growth, while there were further signs of an economy slowing down, with the services industry activity contracting for the first time in more than 2-1/2 years in December.

“Data on Friday gave market some hope that perhaps the US is slowing down and the Fed does not need to a lot more,” said Moh Siong Sim, currency strategist at Bank of Singapore. “But the jury is still out whether we are really heading towards a soft landing scenario.”

Analysts have pointed out that the still tight labour market is likely to concern Fed officials and keep them on their hawkish path.

“Right now, it’s been softer wages, softer inflation but the job market is still a bit too hot,” Sim said.

The Fed fund futures now imply around a 25% chance of a half-point hike in February, down from around 50% a month ago.

The US central bank raised interest rates by 50 basis points last month after delivering four consecutive 75 basis point hikes last year but said it was likely to keep interest rates higher for longer to tame inflation.

The dollar index, which measures the US dollar against six major currencies, fell 0.145% to 103.570 on Monday, after sliding 1.15% on Friday as investors moved to riskier assets.

Also helping sentiment was China re-opening its borders, dismantling much of its stringent ‘zero-COVID’ policy, with travellers coming into the country by air, land and sea.

Optimism over a swift economic recovery buoyed China’s yuan to a near five-month high against the dollar on Monday.

The trade-and-China sensitive Australian dollar rose 0.80% versus the US currency to USD 0.693, its highest since Aug. 30, while the kiwi climbed 0.68% to USD 0.639, the highest in three weeks.

Elsewhere, the Brazilian real had yet to trade after supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro were arrested after invading the country’s Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court.

With the next Fed meeting scheduled at the start of next month, investors will focus on the consumer price index data due on Thursday and a speech by Fed Chair Jerome Powell this week to parse for cues on the central bank’s next move.

Citi said it expects another “softer” core CPI print with some upside risk but said core inflation could pick up again in early 2023.

“We continue to expect the Fed to hike by 50 basis points in February as there are still strong underlying inflationary pressures and further loosening in financial conditions would likely not be a desirable outcome.”

The Japanese yen strengthened 0.37% to 131.59 per dollar.

Amir Anvarzadeh, market strategist at Asymmetric Advisors, said the Asian currency will continue to move towards the 120 level or lower this year as rising inflationary pressures in Japan will force policy makers to further tweak their yield curve control and eventually pivot away from quantitative easing.

 

Reporting by Ankur Banerjee in Singapore; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman

Oil rises on demand optimism as China borders reopen

Oil rises on demand optimism as China borders reopen

SINGAPORE, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Oil prices climbed on Monday as the borders reopened in China, the world’s top crude importer, boosting the outlook for fuel demand growth and offsetting global recession concerns.

Brent crude futures were up USD 1.49, or 1.9%, at USD 80.06 a barrel as of 0745 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude rose USD 1.43, or 1.9%, to USD 75.20.

Hopes for less-aggressive US interest rate rises are buoying financial markets and depressing the dollar. A weaker US currency makes dollar-denominated commodities more affordable for investors holding other currencies.

Both Brent and WTI tumbled more than 8% last week, their biggest weekly declines at the start of a year since 2016.

“Crude oil prices recovered from the previous week’s losses as the economic reopening in China and less aggressive monetary tightening prospects from the Federal Reserve set a positive tone for demand recovery,” said Avtar Sandu, senior manager for commodities at Phillip Futures.

As part of a “new phase” in the fight against COVID-19, China opened its borders over the weekend for the first time in three years. Domestically, some 2 billion trips are expected during the Lunar New Year season, nearly double last year’s movement and recovering to 70% of 2019 levels, Beijing says.

Over the last week, airlines have boosted their January international seat capacity to and from China by 9.5% as they ramp up flights after its border opening, according to aviation data provider Cirium.

Despite the gains in oil on Monday, concerns remain that the massive flow of Chinese travellers may cause another surge in COVID infections, while broader economic concerns also lingered.

Those concerns are reflected in the market structure for the benchmark oil futures. Both front-month Brent and WTI contracts are in contango, when current prices are below prices for later-delivery contracts, which typically indicates bearish sentiment for the market.

“Oil prices have likely ticked up on increased confidence on China’s reopening, but fears of recession in the wider global market remains. This uncertainty will likely lead to swings in oil prices in the near-term,” said Serena Huang, Vortexa’s head of APAC analysis.

Energy futures for crude oil, refined products and natural gas have plummeted in the New Year as traders have reconsidered near-term worries over cold weather and fears of supply shortages and dumped contracts.

Last week, US energy firms cut the number of operating oil and natural gas rigs by seven, the biggest weekly decline since September 2021, energy services firm Baker Hughes Co said on Friday.

 

(Reporting by Florence Tan and Jeslyn Lerh; Editing by Bradley Perrett, Christian Schmollinger and Muralikumar Anantharaman)

Gold prices gain on hopes of smaller US rate hikes

Gold prices gain on hopes of smaller US rate hikes

Jan 9 (Reuters) – Gold prices edged higher on Monday and hovered near a seven-month high, supported by a weaker dollar and hopes that the Federal Reserve might slow its pace of interest rate hike.

* Spot gold was up 0.2% at USD 1,868.89 per ounce, as of 0016 GMT. US gold futures also inched 0.2% higher at USD 1,873.80.

* The dollar index was down 0.2%, making gold cheaper for overseas buyers.

* Data showed on Friday that the US economy added jobs at a solid clip in December, as the labor market remains tight, but Fed officials could draw some solace from a moderation in wage gains.

* US services industry activity contracted in December for the first time in more than 2-1/2 years amid weakening demand, offering more evidence that inflation was abating.

* Higher interest rates dim gold’s allure as an inflation hedge and raise the opportunity cost of holding the non-yielding bullion.

* Retail gold buying in major Asian hubs was slow on higher prices at the start of last week, while demand was seen picking up in top consumer China on the back of reopening and upcoming Lunar New Year festival.

* Spot silver gained 0.6% to USD 23.95, while platinum rose 0.5% to USD 1,094.97 while palladium fell 0.1% to USD 1,804.30.

(Reporting by Ashitha Shivaprasad in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)

 

Asia shares rally on US rate hopes, China reopening

Asia shares rally on US rate hopes, China reopening

SYDNEY, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Asian shares rallied on Monday as hopes for less aggressive US rate hikes and the opening of China’s borders bolstered the outlook for the global economy.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.6%, with South Korean shares gaining 1.1%.

Japan’s Nikkei was closed for a holiday but futures were trading at 26,235, compared with a cash close on Friday of 25,973. S&P 500 futures ESc1 added 0.2% and Nasdaq futures 0.3%.

Earnings season kicks off this week with the major US banks, with the Street fearing no year-on-year growth at all in overall earnings.

“Excluding Energy, S&P 500 EPS (earnings per share) is expected to fall 5%, driven by 134 bp of margin compression,” wrote analysts at Goldman Sachs. “Entering reporting season, earnings revision sentiment is negative relative to history.

“We expect further downward revisions to consensus 2023 EPS forecasts,” they added. “China reopening is one upside risk to 2023 EPS, but margin pressures, taxes, and recession present greater downside risks.”

Beijing has now opened borders that had been all but shut since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing a surge in traffic across the nation.

Bank of America analyst Winnie Wu expects China’s economy, the second-largest economy in the world, to benefit from a cyclical upturn in 2023 and anticipates market upside from both multiple expansion and 10% EPS growth.

Sentiment on Wall Street got a boost last week from a benign blend of solid US payroll gains and slower wage growth, combined with a sharp fall in service-sector activity. The market scaled back bets on rate hikes for the Federal Reserve.

Fed fund futures 0#FF: now imply around a 25% chance of a half-point hike in February, down from around 50% a month ago.

That will make investors ultra sensitive to anything Fed Chair Jerome Powell might say at a central bank conference in Stockholm on Tuesday.

It also heightens the importance of US consumer price index (CPI) data on Thursday, which is forecast to show annual inflation slowing to a 15-month low of 6.5% and the core rate dipping to 5.7%.

“We at NatWest have lower than consensus CPI forecasts, and if right that will likely solidify the market pricing of 25bps vs 50bps,” said NatWest Markets analyst John Briggs.

“In context, it should still be seen as a Fed that is still likely to hike a few more times and then hold rates high until inflation’s decline is guaranteed – to us that means a 5-5.25% funds rate.”

Friday’s mixed data had already seen US 10-year yields drop a steep 15 basis points to 3.57%, while dragging the US dollar down across the board.

Early Monday, the euro was holding firm at USD 1.0664, having bounced from a low of USD 1.0482 on Friday. The dollar eased to 131.63 yen, away from last week’s top of 134.78, while its index was down a fraction at 103.800.

The Brazilian real had yet to trade after hundreds of supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro were arrested after invading the country’s Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court.

The drop in the dollar and yields was a boon for gold, lifting it to a seven-month peak around USD 1,870 an ounce.

Oil prices were steady for the moment after sliding around 8% last week amid demand concerns.

Brent gained 26 cents to USD 78.83 a barrel, while US crude rose 30 cents to USD 74.07 per barrel.

(Reporting by Wayne Cole; Editing by Bradley Perrett)

 

Payrolls boost sterling as earnings hint at less hawkish Fed path

Payrolls boost sterling as earnings hint at less hawkish Fed path

Jan 6 (Reuters) – GBP/USD firmed on Friday, erasing earlier losses following data in the monthly U.S. jobs report and ISM non-manufacturing PMI that indicated U.S. wage and economic growth was cooling, which may signal a less hawkish Fed path in early 2023 and lend support to a sterling recovery.

Cable’s recovery catapulted it off its pre-payrolls low of 1.1848 to 1.1948 afterward.

The payrolls report left U.S. interest rates lower across the curve, converging UK rates, which could stabilize GBP/USD as markets await more data.

Support by the lower 30-day Bolli at 1.1858, while bruised, is holding but weakness that produces a close within the daily cloud — 1.1899-1.1319 — would facilitate a test of the 50% Fib of 1.1150-1.2446 at 1.1798.

Below there GBP/USD bears would target the 100-DMA at 1.1668 and then the Nov. 10 low at 1.1358.

Sterling gains will be hard-fought, with the 200-DMA at 1.2019 and multiple highs ahead of 1.21 providing resistance.

Traders will focus on U.S. CPI data on Jan. 12 next, which could bolster bears if progress toward lower price growth falters.

(Paul Spirgel is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)

Dollar hits four-week peak on resilient US jobs market

Dollar hits four-week peak on resilient US jobs market

LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) – The dollar held near an almost one-month high on Friday, after US economic data highlighted a still-tight labour market that could keep the Federal Reserve on its aggressive rate hike path.

The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits dropped to a three-month low last week while layoffs fell 43% in December, data on Thursday showed.

A separate report also revealed that private employment increased by 235,000 jobs last month, far exceeding expectations for a 150,000 increase.

Against a basket of currencies, the US dollar index rose 0.2% to 105.3, having briefly touched a four-week peak of 105.36.

The index was on track for a weekly gain of more than 1.8%, its largest since September.

“Strong labour market data means the narrative that the Fed can keep hiking interest rates is alive,” said Giles Coghlan, chief market analyst at HYCM.

“That’s why we saw the reaction in the dollar to the positive labour data yesterday,” Coghlan added.

Most major currencies were nursing losses on Friday, after the surging greenback knocked them to multi-week lows in the previous session.

The euro extended on the 0.8% decline in the previous session to touch a more than three-week low of USD 1.05075.

Against the Japanese yen, the dollar climbed 0.7% to hit 134.45 yen, its highest level in over a week.

Markets now turn their attention to the closely-watched nonfarm payrolls report due later on Friday, with economists polled by Reuters forecasting the US economy to have added 200,000 jobs in December.

“Today, it’s exactly the same narrative as yesterday. If the labour market is doing well, then we’re likely to see more dollar strength,” HYCM’s Coghlan said, adding that a payrolls number towards the lower end of expectations could see the dollar weaken and give comfort to the Fed that their hiking cycle is working.

December’s flash inflation figures for the euro zone will also be out on Friday, where expectations are for an annual inflation rate of 9.7%, down from 10.1% in November.

Data from Germany, France, Italy and Spain have already showed a slowdown in inflation last month, suggesting that euro zone consumer prices should have eased in December.

“Lower energy prices are likely to have driven a marked fall in headline CPI inflation in December,” said Hann-Ju Ho, senior economist, commercial banking at Lloyds Bank in a note.

“However, this will likely provide limited comfort for ECB policymakers, especially as core inflation excluding food and energy is forecast to continue accelerating.”

Elsewhere, sterling was last 0.2% lower at USD 1.1883, having fallen to a six-week low of USD 1.1873 on Thursday.

The Aussie was last little changed at USD 0.6753, after sliding 1.3% in the previous session and reversing most of the gains it made earlier in the week on news that China has eased its restrictions on coal imports from Australia.

The kiwi was flat at USD 0.6220, following a 1% slump on Thursday, and was on track for a weekly loss of close to 2%, its worst since September.

(Reporting by Samuel Indyk in London and Rae Wee in Singapore; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Kim Coghill)

Global stocks tepid before US jobs test; dollar stands tall

Global stocks tepid before US jobs test; dollar stands tall

LONDON, TOKYO, Jan 6 (Reuters) – Global equities were set to end the first week of 2023 on a tepid note and the dollar stood tall as fears of higher US interest rates hit market sentiment.

The MSCI World equity index traded steadily on Friday, on course for its fifth consecutive weekly drop despite a brief rally earlier in the week.

The dollar also touched a one-month high against major currencies on Friday as investors braced for the crucial US non-farm payrolls report later in the day.

The official jobs report comes after private payrolls data on Thursday showed a bigger than expected rise in employment and a drop in jobless claims, underscoring the Fed’s determination to prevent a doom loop of rising wages and prices that would embed high inflation in the world’s dominant economy for longer.

Investors have started “to price in a more aggressive path of rate hikes from the Fed”, Deutsche Bank strategist Jim Reid said.

According to a Reuters survey of economists, the non-farm payrolls report is expected to show on Friday that 200,000 jobs were created in December, easing from November’s 263,000 pace but still about double the level the Fed considers sustainable.

Traders will also zero in on any gains in hourly wages, Reid cautioned, “given the Fed’s focus on wage inflation” while there was “little doubting the still strong labour market.”

US two-year Treasury yields, which track interest rate expectations, spiked to a more than two-month high of 4.497% overnight before easing to 4.4561% in early European trading. The 10-year yield, which rose as high as 3.784% in New York overnight, dropped to 3.7088%.

“There is concern that the labour market isn’t showing any signs of cooling,” putting financial markets “very much on edge”, said Tony Sycamore, a market analyst at IG.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six counterparts including the yen and euro, stood at 105.24, having earlier touched 105.31 for the first time in a month.

The dollar index is up about 1.7% this week, putting it on course to snap a streak of three losing weeks. It is shaping up for the best performance since late September.

In Europe, the broad Stoxx 600 equity index opened 0.4% higher on Friday as falling gas prices combined with mild winter weather boosted hopes for that the region may overcome the worst of its inflation crisis. Germany’s Xetra Dax traded flat.

US E-mini stock futures were steady, after a 1.16% overnight slide for the S&P 500.

The euro was little changed at USD 1.05255, after earlier easing to USD 1.0511, a level last seen on Dec. 12.

 

(Reporting by Naomi Rovnick and Kevin Buckland; Editing by Bradley Perrett, Sam Holmes and Barbara Lewis)

China stocks shine in first week of 2023 on economic recovery hopes

China stocks shine in first week of 2023 on economic recovery hopes

Updates to market close

SHANGHAI, Jan 6 (Reuters) – China stocks logged a five-day winning streak on Friday on investors’ expectations that the economy would soon emerge from its COVID woes and stage a robust recovery in 2023.

** China’s blue-chip CSI 300 Index .CSI300 closed up 0.3%, while the Shanghai Composite Index .SSEC added 0.1%.

** Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index .HSI and the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index .HSCE slipped 0.3% and 0.4%, respectively, after rising in the previous four sessions.

** For the week, the CSI 300 Index gained 2.8%, while the Hang Seng benchmark advanced 6.1% to touch a six-month high.

** Other Asian equities also gained, while the dollar hovered near a one-month high as investors braced for crucial U.S. jobs data later in the day that should provide clues on how aggressive the Federal Reserve will be in tightening policy.

** “A-share sentiment recovered steadily post new year,” said Morgan Stanley analysts in a note.

** “We expect nationwide infections to peak in January … an earlier peak in infection cases implies earlier normalization in economic activity. We thus expect the economy to start a strong recovery in 2Q23,” J.P.Morgan analysts wrote in a note.

** Foreign investors bought a net 20 billion yuan ($2.9 billion) of Chinese stocks via the Stock Connect Scheme this week, the biggest weekly purchase amount since Dec. 2.

** As COVID curbs have been scrapped, China expects the total number of passenger trips made by travellers during the upcoming Lunar New Year to reach 2.1 billion this year, double from last year’s 1.05 billion during the same period.

** New energy shares .CSI399808 added 3.2% to lead the gains, while tourism .CSI930633, healthcare .CSIHCSI lost 2.3% and 0.9%, respectively.

** Tech giants listed in Hong Kong .HSTECH declined 1.4% as some investors booked profits after recent gains, with Meituan 3690.HK down 4.3% as the biggest drag on the Hang Seng benchmark.

** Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Mainland Properties Index .HSMPI rose 1.7%, lifted by more state support for the highly indebted sector struggling with weak sales and investments as China reopens its economy.

** Morgan Stanley said Chinese equities would likely lead global stock market performance in 2023, and advised investors to be overweight on China within global equity portfolios with a skew towards the offshore space.

(Reporting by Shanghai Newsroom
Editing by Vinay Dwivedi and Gareth Jones)

((Jason.Xue@thomsonreuters.com))

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