Philippine stocks may return past the 6,000 level this week on easing inflation and positive third-quarter gross domestic product report.
Online brokerage firm 2TradeAsia.com said the major earnings releases this week, coupled withn macroeconomic reports, should help the index get some momentum to break past the 6,000 level.The 30-company Philippine Stock Exchange index eked out gains on last week’s shortened trading as the market rose 27 points, or 0.46 percent, week-on-week to close at 5,989.
The slower jobs growth reported Friday by the US Labor Department “has further cemented expectations that the has reached peak interest rates,” said market analyst Fawad Razaqzada at City Index and FOREX.com. “It seems silly to cheer weakening activity in the labor market, but the key takeaway from this report is that it resonates as a ‘soft landing report’ that will keep the Fed from raising the fed funds rate again,” said Briefing.com’s Patrick O’Hare.“Yet the market is embracing the thought that this employment data could mean the Fed is at least a step closer to starting to think about cutting rates,” O’Hare added.
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