Asia 在庫/株s climb; gold, bitcoin drift after hitting 記録,記録的な/記録する highs

By Ankur Banerjee

SINGAPORE, March 6 (Reuters) - Asian 在庫/株s rose on Wednesday as 仲買人s を待つd 政策 cues from Beijing during its week-long 年次の 開会/開廷/会期 of 議会 after a 事前の 欠如(する) of 刺激 対策 disappointed some 投資家s, while gold and bitcoin 緩和するd after touching 記録,記録的な/記録する 頂点(に達する)s.

仲買人s were also hesitant to place major bets ahead of congressional 証言 from 連邦の Reserve 議長,司会を務める Jerome Powell starting later on Wednesday that will be parsed to 計器 if and when the U.S. central bank is ready to start cutting 利益/興味 率s.

Chinese 在庫/株s were mixed a day after Beijing 始める,決める a 広範囲にわたって 推定する/予想するd 5% growth 的 for 2024 at a 重要な 議会 会合 that 欠如(する)d major 刺激 対策.

The blue-半導体素子 CSI 300 索引 was 0.08% lower while Hong Kong's (判断の)基準 Hang Seng spiked 2% higher, 回復するing from Tuesday's 2.5% dive.

"The 2024 (中国) 経済的な 的s still show 公式の/役人s are unwilling to quickly reflate the economy given 関心s about 過度の 負債 and the 証拠不十分 of the yuan," said Mansoor Mohi-uddin, 長,指導者 経済学者 at the Bank of Singapore.

An economy-焦点(を合わせる)d 圧力(をかける) 会議/協議会 at 0700 GMT on Wednesday, where 代表者/国会議員s from People's Bank of 中国 and other regulators may 答える/応じる to マスコミ 調査s, will be scrutinised by 投資家s looking for more 政策 詳細(に述べる)s.

The wait-and-see approach made for a lacklustre 貿易(する)ing 開会/開廷/会期 in Asia, with MSCI's broadest 索引 of Asia-太平洋の 株 outside Japan 最初 slipping before 逆転するing course to 貿易(する) 0.46% higher.

塀で囲む Street's three major 索引s 退却/保養地d more than 1% on Tuesday, with 証拠不十分 in megacap growth companies such as Apple and the 半導体素子 部門 重さを計るing most on the tech-hea vy Nasdaq.

E-小型の 未来s for the S&P 500 rose 0.09%. European bourses are 始める,決める for わずかに higher open, with the Eurostoxx 50 未来s up 0.10%, German DAX 未来s up 0.14% and FTSE 未来s up 0.05%.

A 重要な event for 投資家s in Britain will be the 政府's 予算, in which 大蔵大臣 Jeremy 追跡(する) will do his 最大の to 削減(する) 税金s while 避けるing the 怒らせる of 社債 markets.

In the U.S., data on Tuesday showed a 病弱なing 拡大 of the services 部門, and a steeper-than-推定する/予想するd 減少(する) in new factory orders, with the スポットライト now 堅固に on payrolls data 予定 later in the week.

(判断の)基準 10-year U.S. 財務省 産する/生じるs 安定したd in Asian hours and were last at 4.147%, having dipped to a one-month low of 4.112% in the previous 開会/開廷/会期 after weak data.

仲買人s are scouring U.S. 経済的な data and policymakers speeches to 計器 when the Fed would start cutting 率s. Markets are pricing in a 68% chance of the Fed starting its 緩和 cycle in June, CME FedWatch 道具 showed. They have 定価つきの in 88 basis points of 削減(する)s this year.

That makes Powell's congressional 外見s starting on Wednesday a 重要な event, although 分析家s 推定する/予想する the Fed 議長,司会を務める to stick to his message.

"Of particular 利益/興味 to markets is whether there is unanimity within the Fed on the continued 降下/家系 in インフレーション, given the 強健な 経済的な 背景," said Nicholas Chia, 大型の strategist at 基準 借り切る/憲章d.

"Powell´s 証言 may 申し込む/申し出 more colour on the 審議s going on within the FOMC over their take on the deceleration in price 圧力s, and whether they will take the 急落(する),激減(する) to 削減(する) 率s before インフレーション is 支援する at the 2% 的."

In the 通貨 market, the Japanese yen yen 強化するd 0.08% to 149.93 per dollar, while ste rling was flat on the day at $1.2704 ahead of Britain's 予算 告示.

The euro last bought $1.0853 ahead of a 政策 決定/判定勝ち(する) from the European Central bank on Thursday.

The ECB is 広範囲にわたって 推定する/予想するd to leave 利益/興味 率s at a 記録,記録的な/記録する 4%, but the 焦点(を合わせる) will be on 手がかり(を与える)s about when 率s might start to 落ちる in the wake of stubborn インフレーション.

Data last week showed euro zone インフレーション dipped in February but underlying price growth remained high, 追加するing to the 事例/患者 for the ECB to 持つ/拘留する 率s at 記録,記録的な/記録する highs a bit longer before starting to 緩和する 政策 に向かって 中央の-year.

Markets are pricing in 90 basis points of 削減(する)s from ECB this year.

In cryptocurrency, bitcoin was hovering around $66,000, having 違反d a 記録,記録的な/記録する high of $69,202 in the previous 開会/開廷/会期, fuelled by 投資家s 注ぐing money into U.S. 位置/汚点/見つけ出す 交流-貿易(する)d crypto 製品s.

位置/汚点/見つけ出す gold wobbled to $2,127.36 an ounce after touching 史上最高 of $2,141.59 on Tuesday.

U.S. 天然のまま rose 0.29% to $78.38 per バーレル/樽 and Brent was at $82.27, up 0.28% on the day.

(報告(する)/憶測ing by Ankur Banerjee in Singapore; Editing by Himani Sarkar and Jamie 解放する/自由なd)

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