SINGAPORE, May 4 — The dollar rose, oil fell and stock markets were poised to slip today as rising US-China tensions over the coronavirus — and growing unease at the gulf between asset prices and grim economic reality — turned investors cautious. In thin trade, with China and Japan on...
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In thin trade, with China and Japan on holiday, US stock futures fell 1.6 per cent, US crude tumbled over US$1 a barrel, or 6 per cent, and futures for Australia’s benchmark ASX 200 index pointed to a negative open. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo added to the jitters with remarks yesterday, when he said there was “a significant amount of evidence” that the new coronavirus emerged from a Chinese laboratory.
“The risk of a pullback has increased this week,” said Chris Weston, head of research at Melbourne brokerage Pepperstone. The Korean won sat by a one-week low at 1,224.76 per dollar, after an exchange of gunfire between North Korea and South Korea at the Demilitarised Zone raised tensions, a day after North Korean state media reported Kim Jong-un’s first public appearance since April 11.
West Texas Intermediate crude futures last sat at US$18.59 per barrel, down US$1.19, while Brent futures were down 2.4 per cent, or 64 cents, at US$25.80.
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