Morning Briefing: Retail stocks pressured after US results

Retail stocks pressured after US results... US signs trade deal with China...

Morning Briefing: Retail stocks pressured after US results
Steve Randall
Retail stocks pressured after US results

Investors considered the risk from falling retail stocks in early trading Friday.

With some US retailers including the iconic Macys losing steam in their latest results, there has been a knock-on effect in other markets with retailers in Australia and other Asian markets declining.

Asia’s equities closed mostly lower although mainland China and Hong Kong were stronger.

European indexes are trending higher as data reveals German GDP was slightly better than expected in the first quarter. Weaker-than-expected Eurozone production output is also being weighed along with corporate earnings and the G7 meeting in Italy with finance ministers meeting over the weekend.

Wall Street and Toronto are expected to open lower. Canadian home price data and the US consumer price index are due.
 

 

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North America (previous session)

US Dow Jones

20,919.42 (-0.11 per cent)

+1.59 per cent

+18.05 per cent

TSX Composite

15,550.55 (-0.53 per cent)

-0.63 per cent

+12.78 per cent

 

Europe (at 5.00am ET)

UK FTSE

7,398.93 (+0.17 per cent)

+0.68 per cent

+21.21 per cent

German DAX

12,720.11 (+0.07 per cent)

+4.65 per cent

+28.98 per cent

 

Asia (at close)

China CSI 300

3,385.38 (+0.86 per cent)

-3.54 per cent

+9.55 per cent

Japan Nikkei

19,883.90 (-0.39 per cent)

+7.18 per cent

+19.45 per cent

 

Other Data (at 5.00am ET)

Oil (Brent)

Oil (WTI)

Gold

Can. Dollar

50.64

(-0.26 per cent)

47.69

(-0.29 per cent)

1228.90

(+0.38 per cent)

U$0.7299

 

Aus. Dollar

U$0.7397



US signs trade deal with China

There will be extended access for financial services between China and the US as part of a trade deal being discussed by the two nations.

There will also be an expansion in trade of chicken and beef, that has been agreed already and US beef exports will begin to China within the next 2 months along with Chinese cooked poultry products entering the US. 

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said that US card payment firms will also gain access to the Chinese market while the US will allow Chinese credit rating firms to operate in America.

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