Asia drifted with prices for core all closing around -0.5% lower for the day. Volumes were light but the lack of conviction as well as year end book-squaring were the key discussion topics. The Dollars decline did not help Exporters within the Nikkei, but that has been an issue for a few days this week. However, late in the US trading day, we have seen a reversal of these declines with the DXY clawing back some earlier losses and is happy playing high 112’s against the Yen. Stocks had opened weak and did well to recover into positive territory at one stage probably the result of a good Tankan print. However, that was lost again at the cash close. Late in US trading we see futures back up but lets see how cash opens again on Monday. The Hang Seng suffered most with a little over 1% decline. This was due mainly to property and financials trading heavy.
This post was published at Armstrong Economics on Dec 15, 2017.
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