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(Bloomberg) \u2014 Asian stocks gained on diversification bets after concerns over unpredictable policymaking in Washington pushed the dollar to its lowest level in almost four years. Gold climbed to a record.<\/p>\n
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 0.7% to a record. A gauge of technology stocks also set an all-time high with memory-chip maker SK Hynix Inc. among the gainers. US equity-index futures advanced as SoftBank Group Corp. was in talks to invest an additional $30 billion in OpenAI. Indonesian stocks plunged 7% after MSCI Inc. raised concerns about their investability.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the dollar pared some of its losses Wednesday, with the greenback appreciating against all its Group-of-10 peers. That came after the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index slid to its lowest since February 2022 in the US session as President Donald Trump said he wasn\u2019t concerned about the currency\u2019s slump. Asian currencies reacted to that move, sending the ringgit and the won higher.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Trump administration is taking a calculated risk,\u201d said Win Thin, chief economist at Bank of Nassau 1982 Ltd. \u201cForeign exchange typically is the leader in terms of showing market discomfort with a country\u2019s policies and economic outlook, so this dollar weakness bears watching.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asian stocks have extended a three-year rally fueled by AI-driven gains, with investors increasingly rotating into regional equities attracted by more compelling valuations and stronger growth prospects. That faces a key test this week as megacap technology companies begin reporting earnings and traders await the Federal Reserve\u2019s policy decision Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Tech was the main theme for stocks in Asia, with memory and storage makers gaining. That followed advances in US peers overnight and ahead of rare dual earnings calls on Thursday for Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe shortage in supply in memory chips will continue to be a key catalyst for Asian memory makers,\u201d said Ken Wong, an Asian equity portfolio specialist at Eastspring Investments Hong Kong. \u201cWe probably won\u2019t see equilibrium on supply vs. demand till early next year.\u201d<\/p>\n
In other corners of the market, the Taiwanese dollar also strengthened against the US currency on Wednesday. The Bloomberg Asia Dollar Index climbed 0.3%, hovering around levels last seen in September.<\/p>\n
Gold hit a record high above $5,200 an ounce, extending a breakneck rally fueled by the dollar weakness.<\/p>\n
The yellow metal has gained about 20% since the beginning of the year, smashing through $5,000 an ounce for the first time this week. In the same period, silver has surged more than 50%.<\/p>\n
Japan\u2019s 40-year government bond yield fell 3.5 basis points to 3.90% after an auction of the same tenor drew stronger demand than its 12-month average.<\/p>\n
Treasuries were a touch stronger with the yield on the 10-year falling one basis point to 4.23% ahead of Wednesday\u2019s Fed meeting.<\/p>\n
The US central bank is projected to halt its rate-cutting cycle as a steadier jobs market restores a degree of consensus among officials after months of growing division.<\/p>\n
With the economy still displaying exceptional strength, the Fed\u2019s messaging is likely to emphasize a data\u2011driven approach to future policy decisions, according to Chris Brigati at SWBC. Investors will also look for impact on the dollar.<\/p>\n
While a weaker dollar boosts exports, the US has some $39 trillion of debt, said Rob Kaplan, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. vice chairman. When you have that much debt, stability of the currency trumps exports, Kaplan said in an interview with Bloomberg TV\u2019s Stephen Engle in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe US is going to want to see a stable dollar and wants to see stability, and wants to be able to sell the long end of the Treasury curve,\u201d he said. \u201cA stable dollar helps.\u201d<\/p>\n
Corporate Highlights:<\/p>\n
China Vanke Co. won more breathing room as it prepares what would be one of the country\u2019s biggest-ever restructurings, after holders of two yuan bonds accepted the developer\u2019s plan to delay the bulk of those payments by a year. Texas Instruments Inc., the biggest maker of analog chips, gave a strong revenue forecast for the current period, indicating that demand for industrial equipment and vehicles is beginning to rebound. Some of the main moves in markets:<\/p>\n
Stocks<\/p>\n
S&P 500 futures rose 0.3% as of 1:30 p.m. Tokyo time Japan\u2019s Topix fell 0.8% Australia\u2019s S&P\/ASX 200 fell 0.2% Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng rose 2.2% The Shanghai Composite rose 0.5% Euro Stoxx 50 futures fell 0.2% Currencies<\/p>\n
The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose 0.3% The euro fell 0.4% to $1.1993 The Japanese yen fell 0.4% to 152.78 per dollar The offshore yuan was little changed at 6.9392 per dollar Cryptocurrencies<\/p>\n
Bitcoin fell 0.2% to $88,793.7 Ether fell 0.6% to $2,992.24 Bonds<\/p>\n
The yield on 10-year Treasuries declined one basis point to 4.23% Japan\u2019s 10-year yield declined 3.5 basis points to 2.245% Australia\u2019s 10-year yield declined two basis points to 4.82% Commodities<\/p>\n
West Texas Intermediate crude rose 0.7% to $62.81 a barrel Spot gold rose 1.1% to $5,238.96 an ounce This story was produced with the assistance of Bloomberg Automation.<\/p>\n
\u2013With assistance from Ruth Carson and Yihui Xie.<\/p>\n
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