{"id":61958,"date":"2014-10-15T08:52:48","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T12:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=61958"},"modified":"2014-10-15T09:25:33","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T13:25:33","slug":"stock-markets-report-15th-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2014\/10\/stock-markets-report-15th-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock Markets Report 15th October"},"content":{"rendered":"
October 15, 2014<\/div>
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By HY Markets Forex Blog<\/a><\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n

Asian Stocks<\/span><\/h2>\n

Stocks in Asian region was seen climbing on Wednesday after Wall Street gains overnight as the market focus on the release of the Chinese inflation report.<\/p>\n

The Japanese Nikkei 225 index rose 0.45% to 15,003.96 points at the time of writing, while Tokyo\u2019s Topix index added 0.38% to 1,218.94 points.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Japanese yen weakened against the US dollar on Wednesday, trading around 107.25 yen versus 107.10 yen on Tuesday, boosting exporter\u2019s gains. Japan airlines went up 6.3% to 2,818 yen, while Skymark Airlines added 9% to 219 yen.\u00a0 Softbank saw the most gains on the Topix index, gaining 2.2% to 7,026 yen, while electronic-makers Olympus and Casio Computer advanced 1.7% during the early trading hours.<\/p>\n

On the downside, Japan Petroleum went down 1.9% to 3,585 yen, marking the biggest drop on the Topix index.<\/p>\n

Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng index declined 0.08% to trade at 23,030.37 points, while the Chinese mainland Shanghai Composite edged 0.07% higher to 2,361.03 points at the same time.<\/p>

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As the market focus on the release of China\u2019s inflation data due later in the day, analysts are expecting the region\u2019s largest economy to show the weakest rate of consumer-price inflation since January 2012. China\u2019s consumer Prices Index is projected to jump to 1.7% year-on-year in September, compared to the 2.0% recorded in the previous month. China\u2019s producer-price deflation is forecasted to climb 1.6% in September.<\/p>\n

The South Korean Kospi index rose 0.08% higher to 1,930.76 points after the Bank of Korea cut its policy interest rate 25 basis points to 2% on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Australia<\/span><\/h2>\n

In Sydney, the benchmark S&P\/ASX 200 index rose 0.45% higher to 5,230.70 points, boosting some of the mining stocks.<\/p>\n

In mining stocks, mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton gained 1.6% and 1.7% respectively, while Fortescue Metals added 2.5% after spot prices of iron ore went up earlier this week.<\/p>\n

In banking stocks, ANZ and Westpac added 0.7% each, while National Australia Bank rose 0.9% and Commonwealth Bank of Australia gained 1.3%.<\/p>\n

European Stocks<\/span><\/h2>\n

The European Euro Stoxx 50 fell 0.24% lower to 2,998.50, while the UK\u2019s FTSE 100 declined 0.36% to 6,369.80 at the time of writing. In France, the benchmark CAC lost 0.23% to 4,078.69.<\/p>\n

Germany\u2019s DAX 30 index opened the session 0.11% higher to 8,834.80 after the German finance ministry cut its domestic growth outlook on Tuesday, projecting an expansion of 1.2% this year from the previous forecast of 1.8% and 1.3% for 2015 from 2%.<\/p>\n

Germany\u2019s consumer prices climbed in September to 0.8% on a year-on-year basis, according to the Federal Statistical Office.<\/p>\n

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