While the Fed is not expected to change interest rates in its decision tonight, it is expected that the calendar for reducing asset purchases may be further clarified.
Analysts emphasized that the possible changes in the interest rate expectation graph (dot plot) are important in the decisions to be made at today's Fed meeting, and stated that the direction of the Fed Chairman Jerome Powell after the meeting is also in the focus of investors.
The news flow about the Chinese giant real estate development company Evergrande, whose known debt exceeds 300 billion dollars, continues to affect the risk perception in Asia. The news that the company is in talks to pay its debts has relatively eased the pressure on the equity markets today.
Index futures contracts, which started today with buyers after the mixed course of the day in the New York stock market, increased by an average of 0.2 percent in the following minutes.
Yesterday, the S&P 500 index lost 0.08 percent and the Dow Jones index fell 0.15 percent, while the Nasdaq index gained 0.22 percent.
While European stock markets diverged positively from the rest of the world yesterday, DAX index was 1.43 percent in Germany, FTSE 100 index was 1.12 percent in England, CAC 40 index was 1.50 percent in France and MIB 30 index was 1 percent in Italy. It gained .22. Index contracts in futures started the new day with increases between 0.5% and 1.5%.
The euro/dollar parity is trading at 1.1725, just below the previous close.
While the Chinese stock markets in Asia opened today after a two-day holiday, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) did not change its policy rate and asset purchase programs, which were minus 0.1 percent in line with the expectations.
In the monetary policy text of the bank, he mentioned the negative effects of the new type of coronavirus (Kovid-19) epidemic on the economy and stated that exports and production could slow down due to problems in the supply chain.
While explaining the details of the funding program it will provide to support efforts to combat climate change, the bank noted that the funding program, which is targeted to be provided with a one-year maturity, is planned to be launched in 2021 and implemented until the end of March 2031.
With these developments, Shanghai composite index gained 0.24 percent in China close to the closing, while S&P/ASX 200 index in Australia closed the day with 0.58 percent rise.
In Japan, the Nikei 225 index lost 0.44 percent. There were no transactions in Hong Kong and South Korea stock markets today due to the public holiday.
Before the Monetary Policy Committee meeting of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, which will be held tomorrow, a selling trend was observed in Borsa Istanbul and the BIST 100 index closed the day at 1,385.61 points, 0.45 percent below the previous closing.
Dollar/TL, on the other hand, is trading at 8.6250 at the opening of the interbank market, after rising to 8.6276 with a 0.52 percent depreciation yesterday.
Analysts stated that today, in addition to the Consumer Confidence Index in the domestic and Eurozone, the Fed's interest rate decision and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's speech, second-hand housing sales will be followed, technically, the level of 1,350 in the BIST 100 index is supported. noted that 1.405 points stood out as resistance.
The data to be followed in the markets today are as follows:
10.00 Turkey, September Consumer Confidence Index
17.00 Eurozone, September Consumer Confidence Index
17.00 US, second hand home sales in august
21.00 USA, Fed's interest rate decision
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