Global actions remain stable this Wednesday, with European and American markets in historical maximums, while operators fell importance to Recent threats of the president of the United States, Donald Trumpabout New tariffs to imports of cars, semiconductors and pharmaceutical products.
Meanwhile, The dollar It is strengthened by geopolitical uncertainty, and attention remains focused on key economic data, such as inflation in the United Kingdom and the decisions of the Federal Reserve.
Since his inauguration four weeks ago, Trump has imposed a 10 % tariff on all imports from China, In addition to existing levies. He has also announced, although postponed for a month, 25 % tariffs to products from Mexico and Canada’s non -energy imports.
Tuesday, Trump He declared to the press that sectoral tariffs on pharmaceutical products and semiconductor chips would begin “25 % or more”, substantially increasing in the course of a year. It also plans to apply cars similar to cars from April 2.
However, the market reaction was moderate, since investors increasingly perceive these threats as negotiation tools. Even so, the US dollar showed strength due to concern for geopolitical tensions, such as the complicated negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, which promoted the demand for shelter assets.
“I think investors assume that agreements will be reached and that tariffs will be postponed or reduced,” said Bennett, Investment Strata for Asia-Pacific in Legal & General Investment Management in Hong Kong.
“I worry that the disruption and uncertainty generated by these holders are being underestimated. This could delay business investment and hiring decisions … but it seems that most investors are not considering it that way.”
European futures pointed to an opening contained after record closure of the reference index on Tuesday, with accumulated profits of 10 % in 2025, exceeding the S&P 500 (.spx) and Nasdaq (.ixic).
The future actions of the United Kingdom barely registered changes before the publication of inflation data, which could explain why the Bank of England has been cautious when cutting the interest rates, despite the general weakness of the economy of the economy .
In Asia, the focus was on Chinese technological actions (. market.
“Although commercial risks persist, optimism in the technological sector remains solid, since the possibility of low -cost IA applications is generating a reevaluation of the growth potential.”
The Hang Kong Hang Seng Index (.his) fell 0.4 % due to the taking of earnings by investors, although it has risen 14 % so far from 2025, competing with the Dax index of Germany ( .Gdaxi) for the best market title of the year.
Kiwi in low
The New Zealand dollar rose 0.3 %, reaching 0.5722 dollars, after the Central Bank cut the interest rates at 50 basic points up to 3.75 %, as expected, but insinuated that its aggressive cycle of cuts could be coming to an end.
The Australian dollar fell 0.11 % to 0.6347 dollars after the first rate cut of the Central Bank since 2020, although the entity warned about uncertainty with respect to future adjustments.
During the night, the S&P 500 (.SPX) reached a new closing maximum, after the three main Wall Street rates oscillated between profits and losses during the session before rebounding in the last minutes.
European leaders promised to increase support to Ukraine while the US and Russia have bilateral conversations about the war this week. Investors also expect elections in Germany of this weekend to boost economic stimulus measures.
The minutes of the January reserve meeting, in which the Central Bank maintained interest rates between 4.25 % and 4.5 %, will be published later on Wednesday. This follows the hard line comments of the president of the FED, Jerome Powell, in his testimony against Congress last week and higher inflation data than expected.
Brent oil rose 0.28 %, reaching $ 76.05 per barrel, while operators expect the result of negotiations between the US and Russia in Riad.
Cash gold dropped slightly to $ 2,932, after having reached a record last week due to the demand for shelter assets.
Source: Ambito
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