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<p>It has been a very volatile start to the week in Asia, with risky assets taking a battering. Investor sentiment has been shattered, with the […]</p>
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It has been a very volatile start to the week in Asia, with risky assets taking a battering. Investor sentiment has been shattered, with the final blow coming last Friday from a big sell-off on Wall Street. Furthermore, equity futures are red across the board and those that have opened are drowning. NZ stocks were the first to open and they were immediately assaulted by bears as investors piled into bonds and other safe haven assets.
The ASX 200 and the Nikkei 225 are around 1.8% and 2% lower respectively at the time of writing, while bond yields also fall in their respective home countries. In the FX market the aussie and the kiwi have been mauled by bears once more as traders flee to the yen and US dollar.
The widespread sell-off of risk assets is being fuelled by fears for China’s economy, after a string of soft data releases and extreme volatility in its stock market. Beijing has been unable to calm investor sentiment and mass easing has thus far failed spur economic activity or restore consumer and corporate confidence. The situation came to a head on Friday with the release of some very sad manufacturing numbers:
- Caixin’s manufacturing PMI for August deteriorated for the sixth straight month, falling to a 77-month low at 47.1. This indicates that sentiment amongst China’s private sector manufacturers is toxic, which doesn’t bode well for the overall health of the economy or for risk assets.
What happens next?
Trying to buy equity markets and other risky assets at the moment is being likened to attempting to catch a falling knife. This may keep a lot of short-term bulls on the sidelines as they await a better entry point, although from a long-term perspective equity markets may look somewhat attractive, particularly those that have been in the red for a while, like the ASX 200.
AUDUSD tests the all-important 0.7250 level
Given the aussie’s risky, commodity-backed credentials, it’s not surprising that it’s facing the brunt the sell-off, with AUDUSD falling around 50 pips in this morning session. The pair is now testing an all-important support zone around 0.7250/0.7200, which is around the pair’s six-year low. A break here could encourage a test of 0.7000. On the upside, the pair looks capped around 0.7450 in the near-term.
Source: City Index
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