Morning traders. Thanks loungers, especially @Ravgnome.
Outlook for the day: Australian shares look likely to give back more of Monday's "US holiday" gains following a mixed night on Wall Street. Domestic inflation data mid-morning may alter the market tone for better or worse.
ASX futures: down 46 points or 0.59%
Overnight themes:
- US stocks closed mixed as tech stock lift the Nasdaq to a new high, while rising treasury yields weighed on the Dow and left the S&P 500 little changed.
- A surge in chip-makers powered the Nasdaq Composite to its first close above 17,000. The benchmark finished 0.59% ahead at 17,020 as Nvidia soared 6.98%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index put on 1.86%.
- The Dow and S&P 500 faded after lunch as treasury yields rose in response to weak debt auctions. The yield on 10-year US treasuries climbed to its highest in more than three weeks.
- "We had two disappointing [debt auction] results and we saw yields climb and the [stock] market respond negatively. The market doesn't want to see yields edging up... to a level that perhaps threatens the economy and the consumer" - Quincy Krosby, chief global strategist at LPL Financial (per Reuters).
- Also negatively affecting market sentiment: Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said he needs to see "many more months" of falling inflation before reducing rates. An April inflation report is due on Friday.
- Nvidia's rally helped keep the S&P 500 just above break-even despite more than 350 of its component companies losing ground. Industrials, healthcare companies and financials were the biggest drags, all losing more than 1%. Tech, energy and communication services bucked the downtrend.
- Copper and other industrial metals rallied after European Central Bank officials signalled rate cuts next month and China reported a recovery in industrial profits. Copper gained 2.03% as trade resumed in London after a UK holiday. Tin and aluminium both advanced at least 2.4%
- Iron ore faded to its lowest level in a week. Early gains gave way to a loss of 2.11% on the Dalian Commodity Exchange amid questions about steel demand.
- The Reserve Bank releases April inflation data this morning that is expected to show consumer prices resumed their downtrend after several months of broadly sideways action. Economists forecast year-on-year price inflation of 3.4%, down from 3.5% in March.
Key events today:
- Consumer Price Index - 11.30 am AEST
- Construction work - 11.30 am
- Federal Reserve 'Beige Book' - tonight
S&P 500: up 1 point or 0.02%
Dow: down 217 points or 0.55%
Nasdaq: up 99 points or 0.59%
Dollar: down 0.08% to 66.5 US cents
Iron ore (Dalian): down 2.11% to US$121.78
Brent crude: up US$1.12 or 1.1% to US$84.22
Natural gas (US futures): up 4.35% to US$2.61
Gold: up US$22 or 0.94% to US$2,356.50
Silver: up 47 US cents or 1.49% to US$32.10
NYSE Arca Gold Bugs: up 2.22%
Bitcoin: down 2% to US$68,190
Copper (LME): up 2.03% to US$10,533.50
Nickel (LME): up 0.91% to US$20,495
Uranium (spot price): down 1.57% to US$90.75
Lithium carbonate (China spot): down 0.05% to US$14,669
Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF: down 0.59%
BHP: down 0.05% (US); up 0.26% (UK)
Rio Tinto: down 1.38% (US); down 1.17% (UK)
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