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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2023
Stocks gain, US short-dated debts under pressure after bumper US jobs data

Global Economy

Reuters
05 April, 2021, 09:10 am
Last modified: 05 April, 2021, 09:19 am

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Stocks gain, US short-dated debts under pressure after bumper US jobs data

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was almost flat, with China closed for Tomb-Sweeping day and Australia on Easter Monday

Reuters
05 April, 2021, 09:10 am
Last modified: 05 April, 2021, 09:19 am
A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a screen displaying a graph showing recent Nikkei share average outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a screen displaying a graph showing recent Nikkei share average outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Global stock prices rose to a 1 1/2-month high on Monday after data showing a surge in US employment while short-dated US bonds came under pressure on worries the Federal Reserve may bump up interest rates sooner than it has indicated.

US S&P500 futures traded 0.5% higher, maintaining their gains made during a truncated session on Friday while Japan's Nikkei rose 0.8%.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was almost flat, with China closed for Tomb-Sweeping day and Australia on Easter Monday.

MSCI's all-country world index was almost flat but stood near its highest level since late February and within sight of a record high set that month.

The US labour department said on Friday that nonfarm payrolls surged by 916,000 jobs last month, the biggest gain since last August.

That was well above economists' median forecast of 647,000 and was closer to markets' whisper number of one million. Data for February was also revised higher to show 468,000 jobs created instead of the previously reported 379,000.

"The data confirmed that the US economic activity is coming back as coronavirus vaccinations are well under way," said Masahiro Ichikawa, chief strategist at Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management.

While employment remains 8.4 million jobs below its peak in February 2020, an accelerating recovery raised hopes the all the jobs lost during the pandemic could be recouped by the end of next year.

The prospects of a return to a full employment, in turn, raises question about whether the Fed can stick to its pledge that it will keep interest rates through 2023.

Markets have strong doubts, with Fed funds futures fully priced in one rate hike by the end of next year.

"Markets are surely not convinced that the Fed can be that relaxed when we have very strong jobs data while the government is proposing another massive stimulus," Sumitomo Mitsui's Ichikawa said.

The two-year US Treasury yield rose to 0.186%, near its eight-month peak of 0.194% touched in late February.

Yields on longer-dated bonds were more subdued, with 10-year notes yield slipping to 1.706% on Monday, giving up a part of its 4-basis-point rise made on Friday following the job report.

The strong jobs data helped to underpin the dollar.

The greenback traded at 110.72 yen, near Wednesday's one-year peak of 110.97. The euro stood at $1.1762.

In crypto assets, ether held at $2,075.67 near Friday's record peak of $2,144.99. Bitcoin stood at $58,146 after 4.3% gains last week.

Oil prices dipped after OPEC+ agreed last week to gradually ease some of its production cuts between May and July.

US crude futures fell 0.5% to $61.16 per barrel.

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