Markets in the Asian domain rebound sharply on Wednesday after remaining vulnerable in the last few trading sessions. Asian indices are experiencing a decent bounce back led by a strong revival in the US indices. It seems that the risk-off impulse, which arises from the uncertainty over the likely aggressive interest rate decision by the Federal Reserve (Fed), is fading away.
At the press time, Nikkie225 jumped 0.90%, Hang Seng added 0.70%, and Nifty50 gained 0.95%. However, Chinese indices are trading lower.
Indices in China are subdued on Wednesday after the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) surprisingly left interest rates unchanged. The PBOC kept its one-year loan prime rate (LPR) unchanged at 3.70% and its five-year loan prime rate unchanged at 4.60%. A reduction in the borrowing rates was highly expected by the market participants, which has resulted in a sell-off in the Shanghai and SZSE Component.
Meanwhile, the US dollar index (DXY) has displayed a decent pullback in the Asian session after failing to cross the barricade of 101.00. The DXY has tumbled to near 100.70 as investors shrug off the fears of a tight policy environment. Also, the 10-year US Treasury yields are facing resistance while kissing the 3% figure. Going forward, markets will dance to the tunes of insights from the speech of Federal Reserve (Fed)’s Jerome Powell, which is due on Thursday.