Daily Briefing: - Race to replace Theresa May as prime minister begins - Tensions grow around Cyprus and an offshore gas field - Asian shares slump as Hong Kong market is affected by massive protests
ended in the red again overnight,Also encouraging Fed easing hopes had been a slide in global energy prices earlier this week – but Brent crude futures more than reversed Wednesday drop and jumped up to 4% first thing on Thursday after reports ofThe UK’s Maritime Trade Operations said it was aware of the incident and was investigating. Earlier in the Asian markets, Hong Kong’s stocks dropped almost 1 percent after losses of more than 2 percent the previous session.
A protester holds a shield during a demonstration against a proposed extradition bill in Hong Kong, June 12, 2019 The selling pressure in Hong Kong came after a mass demonstration against legislation that would allow citizens to be extradited to China triggered a mass protest and some of the worst unrest seen in the territory since Britain handed it back to Chinese rule in 1997.
Shanghai stocks were steadier and eked out small gains by the close after Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said that Chinese regulators shouldand keep ample liquidity in the financial system. But Tokyo and Seoul benchmarks fell and U.S. and European futures were lower, too. Ten-year U.S. Treasury yields were lower despite a lukewarm auction late Wednesday, with the three-month-to-10-year yield curve staying inverted at more than 10 basis points. The dollar’s DXY index was lower after strengthening on Wednesday, with euro/dollar regaining some ground.
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