Daily Market Reports Issued By Rakuten Trade Research : Page 2

Wall Street ended broadly higher after Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell reaffirmed that 2 rate cuts are still on the plate this year.
Meanwhile, the Feds are keeping rates steady for now citing the solid US economy and labour market as the US 10-year yield eased to 4.248%.
In Hong Kong, the HSI closed on a flat note as investors were sidelined ahead of the Fed’s policy meeting.
The HSI is also bracing for earnings from 38 companies over the next few days, which many are expecting to be good.
On the home front, the FBM KLCI ended lower as foreign selling remains prevalent amid a lacklustre trading session.
The lack of domestic catalyst and the flight of funds to Hong Kong, continue to be the bane for the local bourse hence we expect the index to hover within the 1,515-1,525 range today.

Wall Street closed lower as selling resumed after 2 days of uptrend.
Sentiment was cautious as trading remains choppy.
Attention was also shifted to the Federal Reserve 2-day meeting ending later today on interest rates.
Meanwhile, the US 10-year yield inched higher at 4.285%.
Over in Hong Kong, the HSI surged to a 3-year high on hopes that a potential meeting between Trump and Xi Jinping will ease the ongoing trade war tension.
As expected on the home front, bargain hunters continued to accumulate shares that had been sold down since early March.
Nonetheless, we believe accumulation of stocks to be subdued as illustrated by the failure to breach the 1,530 resistance level at the moment.
We anticipate the index to possibly play catch up following an encouraging regional performance yesterday thus expect the index to hover within the 1,525-1,535 range today.

Wall Street staged a relief rally as all 3 major indices closed broadly higher following the lack of headlines from the White House as “no news is good news” at this juncture.
While the situation remains fluid, the US 10- year yield edged higher at 4.32%.
Over in Hong Kong, the HSI rose to almost the 24,000 level as bargain hunters emerged after a 5-day decline.
Buying interests were again centered on AI related theme.
Meanwhile, news of China’s offshore investment offices a.k.a the “4 golden flowers” to manage its vast USD3.3trillion foreign reserves should boost sentiment going forward.
Back home, the FBM KLCI managed to close positively after an erratic week.
We reckon bargain hunters will continue to mop up shares around the 1,500 mark and below.
With the “party” still ongoing in Hong Kong, we reckon ASEAN markets may experience some dull moments but will certainly make a comeback in due course.
For today, we anticipate the index to hover within the 1,510-1,520 range.

Wall Street tumbled as Trump intensified his “tariff bullets” towards the EU this time round. This adds to more uncertainties and unpredictability which led traders to offload US shares in view of the potential impacts on the US economy.
Meanwhile, the US 10-year yield eased to 4.27%.
In Hong Kong, the HSI continues to slide on concerns over Trump’s indecisive tariff policies and the impact on global economy amid the escalating trade war between the US and its allies.
As such, the index closed at just below the 23,500 level.
Back home, the FBM KLCI rebounded from the trading turmoil the day before to end above the 1,510 mark.
Looking ahead, we believe market undertone to remain cautious as fund managers with their risk-off attitude would prefer to stay side-lined at the moment.
Nonetheless at current levels, we would advocate investors to accumulate blue chips thus expect the index to hover within the 1,500-1,520 range today.

Wall Street closed on a mixed note as trading remained rather choppy.
Although all 3 major indices managed to improve towards the end of the session, spurred by a weaker than expected CPI figure, market sentiment stayed cautious amid the US ongoing tariff war against the rest of the world.
Meanwhile, the US 10-year yield edged higher at 4.316%.
Over in Hong Kong, the HSI declined to settle at 23,600 on concerns of escalating tariff from Trump on Canada that could spillover elsewhere.
Nonetheless, it was also apparent that late bargain hunting activities emerged to drive the index higher to end off the day’s low.
Back home, the FBM KLCI surprisingly was trashed rather badly to end around the 1,480 level which is a 15-month low as foreign selling gathered momentum in addition to the adjustments for ex-dividend by some major banks hence the index sharp decline.
Though we remain adamant of a rebound, prevailing market undertone is weak hence expect the index to hover within the 1,480-1,500 range today.

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