Asian stocks at lowest in two years, euro near par with dollar on growth fears
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2022 5:18 am
Asian stocks at lowest in two years, euro near par with dollar on growth fears
Asian shares fell on Tuesday, weighed down by the prospect of further monetary policy tightening by central banks, China's renewed COVID outbreak and Europe’s energy shortage, which also left the euro a whisker from parity with the safe haven dollar.
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MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.8 per cent to its lowest level in two years, while Japan's Nikkei lost 1.75 per cent.
The euro fell as low as $1.0006 against the U.S. dollar, moving ever closer to parity for the first time since December 2002, as investors worry an energy crisis will tip the region into a recession.
“Risk-off sentiment is dominating global markets,” said Yuting Shao, macro strategist at State Street Global Markets.
"The dollar is the go-to international reserve currency. So when there is a recessionary risk or there's pickup of volatility, the greenback is the currency that people rush to because that is the safest," Shao added.
The dollar index, which tracks the currency against a basked of six peers rose to 108.47, the highest since October 2002.
The focus for this week will be macro data including the Consumer Price Index from the U.S. on Wednesday, and comments from Federal Reserve Officials as investors look for clues for the outcome of the Fed's upcoming policy meeting before officials enter the pre-meet blackout period.
Asian shares fell on Tuesday, weighed down by the prospect of further monetary policy tightening by central banks, China's renewed COVID outbreak and Europe’s energy shortage, which also left the euro a whisker from parity with the safe haven dollar.
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MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.8 per cent to its lowest level in two years, while Japan's Nikkei lost 1.75 per cent.
The euro fell as low as $1.0006 against the U.S. dollar, moving ever closer to parity for the first time since December 2002, as investors worry an energy crisis will tip the region into a recession.
“Risk-off sentiment is dominating global markets,” said Yuting Shao, macro strategist at State Street Global Markets.
"The dollar is the go-to international reserve currency. So when there is a recessionary risk or there's pickup of volatility, the greenback is the currency that people rush to because that is the safest," Shao added.
The dollar index, which tracks the currency against a basked of six peers rose to 108.47, the highest since October 2002.
The focus for this week will be macro data including the Consumer Price Index from the U.S. on Wednesday, and comments from Federal Reserve Officials as investors look for clues for the outcome of the Fed's upcoming policy meeting before officials enter the pre-meet blackout period.