Optimismo por la probable aprobacion de la extension del plan de rescate Europeo
El Asia sube, el cobre gana antes de la cumbre de la deuda Europea, el franco Suizo sube.
Asian Stocks, Copper Gain Before European Debt Summit; Swiss Franc Rises
By Shiyin Chen and Yoshiaki Nohara - Oct 20, 2011 10:37 PM ET .
Most Asian stocks rose and copper rallied for the first time in five days, leading a rebound in commodities, before European leaders meet this weekend to discuss ways to tame the region’s sovereign-debt crisis. The Swiss franc strengthened.
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index added 0.3 percent at 10:49 a.m. in Tokyo. Standard & Poor’s 500 Index futures rose 0.4 percent. Copper jumped 3.7 percent after slumping 6.6 percent yesterday. The franc climbed 0.8 percent to 1.2222 per euro, while the South Korean won and Malaysia’s ringgit led emerging-market currencies lower for a second day. Bond default risk decreased.
European Union leaders are accelerating talks on combining temporary and planned permanent rescue funds as of mid-2012, while scrapping a ceiling on bailout spending, two people familiar with the discussions said. A summit for Oct. 26 was added to the Oct. 23 meeting after German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy said they want euro- region leaders to agree on an “ambitious” plan.
“There’s a lot of information and a lot of uncertainty whether this weekend’s meeting will come out with a definitive plan,” said Stephen Halmarick, Sydney-based head of investment markets research at Colonial First State Global Asset Management, which oversees about $150 billion. “The market is still very unsure and very uncertain.”
About five shares gained for every three that declined in the MSCI Asia Pacific Index, trimming its weekly loss to 1.2 percent. Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average climbed 0.1 percent, South Korea’s Kospi Index jumped 1.5 percent and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index gained 0.6 percent.
LG Display, Microsoft
LG Display Co. surged 8.2 percent after analysts from LIG Investment & Securities Co. and Hyundai Securities Co. said losses will narrow in the current quarter.
The S&P 500 rose 0.5 percent yesterday, recovering from earlier losses. Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) was little changed in extended trading after the world’s largest software maker reported first- quarter sales that topped analysts’ predictions. General Electric Co. and McDonalds’ Corp. are among companies scheduled to release their results today.
The euro was little changed at 105.83 yen after having dropped 1.2 percent this week. Merkel and Sarkozy agreed to ask euro-region leaders to assess a “comprehensive and ambitious” package of measures to address the debt crisis at a summit this weekend in order to agree on the plan at a second meeting by Oct. 26, said Steffen Seibert, a German government spokesman.
Europe’s Ratings
Standard & Poor’s said in a report today France is among euro-region sovereigns likely to be downgraded in a stressed economic scenario. The sovereign ratings of Spain, Italy, Ireland and Portugal would also be reduced by another one or two levels in either of New York-based S&P’s two stress scenarios, the ratings firm said.
South Korea’s won retreated 0.4 percent to 1,150.24 per dollar, bound for a second day of losses. The ringgit weakened 0.6 percent to 3.1425. Data today may show Malaysian consumer prices increased 3.3 percent in September from a year earlier, unchanged from the August pace, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg.
The cost of protecting Asia-Pacific corporate and sovereign bonds from default fell, with the Markit iTraxx Australia index dropping four basis points to 186 basis points, according to Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. That’s the lowest level since Oct. 19, according to data provider CMA.
Three-month copper rallied 3.7 percent to $6,983 a metric ton on the London Metal Exchange, paring its weekly loss to 7.6 percent. Zinc, nickel, aluminum, tin and lead all rose at least 2 percent. The London Metal Exchange Index of six primary metals sank 5.6 percent yesterday to the lowest level since July 2010.
Oil for December delivery rose 0.5 percent to $86.52 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Front-month futures are down 0.6 percent this week and 5.4 percent lower this year. Brent’s premium narrowed as Libya’s state-run National Oil Corp. said Muammar Qaddafi’s death will help the return of crude output. Brent oil was little changed at $109.79 a barrel.
To contact the reporters on this story: Shiyin Chen in Singapore at
schen37@bloomberg.net; Yoshiaki Nohara in Tokyo at
ynohara1@bloomberg.net