Asia-Pacific stocks mixed; oil prices jump about 1%

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Key Points

  • Asia-Pacific stocks were mixed in Monday trade.

  • Official data released over the weekend showed China’s exports surging 27.1% in October as compared with a year ago. That was higher than the 24.5% growth forecast by analysts in a Reuters poll.
  • Oil prices were higher in the afternoon of Asia trading hours, with international benchmark Brent crude futures up 0.92% to $83.50 per barrel. U.S. crude futures gained 1.05% to $82.12 per barrel.

SINGAPORE — Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed in Monday trade as investors react to China’s trade data released over the weekend.

Mainland Chinese stocks recovered from earlier losses, with the Shanghai composite up about 0.1% while the Shenzhen component hovered slightly higher.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index dipped 0.57%. South Korea’s Kospi led losses among the region’s major markets, falling 0.93%.

The Nikkei 225 in Japan traded 0.31% lower while the Topix index fell 0.3%. Australian stocks were also in negative territory, with the S&P/ASX 200 dipping 0.21%.

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Elsewhere, Taiwan’s Tajex was 0.37% higher while the Straits Times index in Singapore gained 0.46%.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific stocks outside Japan slipped 0.24%.

Official data released over the weekend showed China’s exports surging 27.1% in October as compared with a year ago. That was higher than the 24.5% growth forecast by analysts in a Reuters poll.

TICKER COMPANY NAME PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE
.N225 Nikkei 225 Index *NIKKEI 29515.94 -95.63 -0.32
.HSI Hang Seng Index *HSI 24728.63 -141.88 -0.57
.AXJO S&P/ASX 200 *ASX 200 7449.5 -7.4 -0.1
.SSEC Shanghai *SHANGHAI 3495.04 3.47 0.1
.KS11 KOSPI Index *KOSPI 2939.13 -30.14 -1.02
.FTFCNBCA CNBC 100 ASIA IDX *CNBC 100 10188.12 -31.64 -0.31

Oil prices jump around 1%

Oil prices were higher in the afternoon of Asia trading hours, with international benchmark Brent crude futures up 0.92% to $83.50 per barrel. US crude futures gained 1.05% to $82.12 per barrel.

The US dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of its peers, was at 94.309 after recently declining from levels above 94.5.

The Japanese yen traded at 113.58 per dollar, stronger than levels above 114 seen against the greenback last week. The Australian dollar changed hands at $0.7397 after last week’s drop from above $0.75.

Source : CNBC

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