Global market sentiment improved after the UK scrapped parts of a controversial tax cut plan
Sydney — Asian stocks bounced on Tuesday after Britain scrapped bits of a controversial tax cut plan, tentatively improving global market sentiment and rallying bonds and the pound.
“The about-face ... will not have a huge impact on the overall UK fiscal situation in our view,” said NatWest Markets head of economics and markets strategy John Briggs. South Korea’s Kospi bounced 2.3%, lifting away from last week’s two-year low, despite North Korea firing a missile over Japan for the first time in five years.
Chinese authorities have rolled out manoeuvres to support the yuan ranging from unusually strong signals to the market to administrative measures that raise the cost of shorting it.
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