Asian markets end higher, Europe shows caution

Wall Street closed with gains Thursday which have a good start to Asian markets which ended the weak with gains

Steve Randall
Wall Street closed with gains Thursday which have a good start to Asian markets which ended the weak with gains; Shanghai was almost 5 per cent higher and is now more than 44 per cent up from this time last year.

European investors are taking a cautious approach to trading so far with markets flat ahead of data including a second reading of UK GDP figures and a European business confidence index.

Wall Street is expected to open flat as analysts digest the ongoing market volatility and how that might affect the Fed’s interest rate policy.

Markets will also be watching for any news coming out of the global economic symposium in Jackson Hole.

 
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North America (previous session)
US Dow Jones 16,654.77 (+2.27 per cent) -4.51 per cent -2.73 per cent
TSX Composite 13,766.67 (+2.88 per cent) -2.21 per cent -11.51 per cent
 
Europe (at 4.55am ET)
UK FTSE 6,185.72 (-0.10 per cent) -5.64 per cent -9.11 per cent
German DAX 10,232.87 (-0.80 per cent) -8.42 per cent +8.14 per cent
 
Asia (at close)
China CSI 3,342.29 (+4.26 per cent) -12.30 per cent +44.61 per cent
Japan Nikkei 19,136.32 (+3.03 per cent) -5.87 per cent +23.78 per cent
 
Other Data (at 4.50am ET)
Oil (Brent) Oil (WTI) Gold Can. Dollar
46.82
(-1.56 per cent)
42.03
(-1.25 per cent)
1127.60
(+0.45 per cent)
U$0.7557
 
Aus. Dollar
U$0.7171

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