Japan (NKY:IND) +0.09%. Japan’s inflation rate continue to ease in November as food price hikes slow.
BOJ October Minutes: To keep sustaining Yield Curve Control to support wage growth.
China (SHCOMP) -0.13%.
Hong Kong (HSI) -2.09%.
India (SENSEX) +0.30%.
Australia (AS51) -0.03%. Australian November 2023 Private Sector Credit +0.4% m/m (prior +0.3%).
In the U.S. on Thursday, all three major indexes ended higher, following a broad sell-off in the previous day after fresh data revealed that the US economy grew weaker-than-expected, cementing bets for further interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve.
The GDP growth was revised slightly lower to 4.9%, corporate profits were also revised lower and the Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index came way below forecasts.
U.S. stock futures eased on Friday after Wall Street staged a broad rebound in the last session, as the market looks to extend a year-end rally: Dow -0.32%; S&P 500 -0.12%; Nasdaq -0.28%.
Traders cautiously awaits PCE inflation figures and digested the downward revision of US GDP annual growth rate, hoping for further cues on the Fed’s monetary policy path.
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