Japan -0.03%. Japan December Leading Indicator Index 97.2 vs. 97.7 previously.
Japan data: December total cash earnings increase +4.8% y/y, the highest y/y since January 1997.
Real wages in Japan rose for the first time in nine months, rising 0.1% in the past month from 2022 on an annualized basis, statistics from Japan’s Ministry of Labor showed.
Porcelain +0.14%.
Hong Kong +0.46%.
Australia -0.46%. Australia: RBA raises the cash rate by +25 bps to 3.35%, as expected.
Australian trade data for December, exports down, imports up m/m.
Australia’s weekly consumer confidence survey plunged 3.2% p/p to 83.6.
India -0.25%.
Overnight on Wall Street, the major Wall Street stock indices closed lower for the day. However, technically there is some sun as the S&P index is closing above the 4100 level. Dow Industrial Average -35 points or -0.10% to 33891.01; S&P Index -25.42 points or -0.61% at 4111.07 and NASDAQ Index -119.49 points or -1.00% at 11887.46.
New Zealand’s January ANZ Commodity Price Index comes in at -1.0% m/m (was -0.1%).
Oil prices rose for a second straight session on Tuesday, buoyed by optimism about demand recovery in China and concerns about supply shortages following the closure of a major export terminal following an earthquake in Turkey.
Brent crude futures It was up 82 cents, or 1.01%, at $81.81 a barrel by 0300 GMT, while West Texas Intermediate CLc1 futures were up 82 cents, or 1.11%, at $74.93 a barrel.
Gold prices rose on Tuesday as the dollar eased slightly, with traders awaiting US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech later in the day for clues on future rate hikes after of last week’s strong economic data.
Spot gold was up 0.4% at $1,873.96 an ounce by 0316 GMT, after touching its lowest level since January 6 in the previous session. usa gold futures increased 0.4% to $1,886.60.
silver point rrose 0.3% to $22.33 an ounce, platinum XPT= fell 0.1% to $970.94 and palladium it was down 0.1% at $1,596.74.
US futures rise. dow jones +0.05%; S&P 500 +0.15%; nasdaq +0.20%.
