MARKET COMMENT: S&P/ASX 200 Faces Drag from FOMC Minutes
2013年2月21日 - 8:30AM
Dow Jones News
2259 GMT [Dow Jones] Australia's S&P/ASX 200 faces a drag
from bearish FOMC minutes which pushed the S&P 500 down 1.2%,
its biggest fall in 3 months. IG strategist Evan Lucas tips a 0.6%
fall to 5069, with BHP (BHP.AU) expected to do most of the damage
after its ADRs fell to A$37.59, down 2.9% vs Wednesday's domestic
close. Weaker commodity prices could also be a negative factor for
the Australian market, with LME copper down 1.1% and Nymex crude
falling 2.3% overnight, although spot iron ore rose 0.6% to
US$158.90. The expiry of February S&P/ASX 200 index options
could cause additional volatility, and potentially some resilience
in the market at the open, given its recent bullish trend. However,
after the October expiry debacle, traders say a lot of options
positions will have already been rolled to the next contract month.
That might partly explain Wednesday's strength in the market.
February equity options are also expiring at the close of trading.
The market will otherwise be focused on results from the likes of
AMP (AMP.AU), Origin (ORG.AU), IAG (IAG.AU), Iluka (ILU.AU), Qantas
(QAN.AU), Brambles (BXB.AU) and Goodman Group (GMG.AU). The
S&P/ASX 200 closed up 0.3% at 5098.7 Wednesday.
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