Japan +1.80%. Japan Quarterly Business Sentiment Index survey, Q2 2023. Large manufacturing index -0.4%.
China +0.05%.
Hong Kong +0.49%.
Australia +0.18%. National Australia Bank raise their RBA terminal rate forecast to 4.6% (from 4.35%).
Australia Business confidence (May) -4 (prior 0) and Conditions +8 (prior +14).
Australian data – Westpac Consumer Confidence Index (June) +0.2% m/m (prior -7.9%).
India +0.63%. India ’s consumer price index has recorded a 4.25% gain year on year in May, marking its slowest rate of inflation since January 2021.
In the U.S., all three major indexes closed higher on Monday as investors added to optimism that the central bank could skip a rate hike at their policy meeting this week. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite advanced 1.53% to close at 13,461.92 points, after posting a seven-week win streak in the previous session. The S&P 500 ended up 0.93% at 4,338.93 points. The blue-chip Dow added 0.56% to settle at 33,066.33 points.
Coming up in the session: UK labour market report on the agenda in Europe today.
Oil prices climb on Tuesday on bargain hunting ahead of U.S. Fed rate decision.
Brent crude futures climbed 52 cents, or 0.7%, to $72.34 a barrel by 0340 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $67.47 a barrel, up 35 cents, or 0.5%.
Gold ticks up on Tuesday ahead of U.S. CPI, Fed meeting.
Spot gold rose 0.2% to $1,960.59 per ounce by 0426 GMT. U.S. gold futures advanced 0.3% to $1,974.60.
Among other precious metals, spot silver rose 0.4% to $24.1395 per ounce, platinum climbed 0.5% to $994.47, and palladium advanced 0.9% to $1,361.62.
U.S. stock futures inched higher on Tuesday: Dow +0.06%; S&P 500 +0.21%; Nasdaq +0.41%.
