Two-year yields rose to 3.957%, up from a
six-month low of 3.555% on Friday but below the almost 16-year
high of 5.084% hit on March 8.
On the other hand, oil prices rose more than $3 on Monday as
a halt to some exports from Iraq's Kurdistan region added to
worries about oil supplies while a U.S. banking acquisition
eased worries that financial turmoil could hurt the economy and
curtail fuel demand.
By Tuesday morning Hong Kong time, Brent crude futures and West Texas Intermediate U.S. crude were both
hovering around Monday’s closing levels.
Gold was slightly higher. Spot gold was traded at
$1,957.96 per ounce.
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By Xie Yu
HONG KONG, March 28 (Reuters) - Global stocks and U.S.
bond yields rose on Tuesday, as a U.S. regulator-backed deal by
First Citizens BancShares to buy failed Silicon Valley Bank
soothed wider worries about problems in the sector.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged up 0.3% by early morning Hong Kong time.
U.S. stock futures, the S&P 500 e-minis , were up 0.21%.
Australian shares jumped more than 1%, as lithium and
commodity stocks rallied sharply after battery metals explorer
Liontown Resources rejected a $3.7 billion buyout bid
from Albemarle Corp.
Top U.S. banking regulators said on Monday that they planned
to tell Congress that the overall financial system remains on
solid footing after recent bank failures, but will
comprehensively review their policies in a bid to prevent future
collapses.
The concerns, however, haven't completely gone away as
Federal Reserve Governor Philip Jefferson said on Monday that
stress among small banks could hit small businesses hardest.
The dollar slid to 130.76 yen from the late New
York high of 131.75 and 131.54 early Asia.
"This round of uncertainty that we're seeing, it will likely
continue for some more time," said Manishi Raychaudhuri,
Asia-Pacific head of equity research at BNP Paribas. "We haven't
seen the end of it." He expects continued volatility for global
markets going forward for at least one or two quarters.
In addition to concerns about any contagion caused by
developed market banking woes, markets have also been jostled by
wild shifts in expectations about what central banks in the
United States and Europe might do next, Raychaudhuri said.
"On one day, the market expects maybe a 25 basis points or
maybe a 50 basis points rate hike. Just in a matter of one or
two days, that outlook is changed to 50 basis points rate cuts
in the second half of the year," he said.
On Monday, the S&P 500 ended slightly higher as a deal for
Silicon Valley Bank's assets helped to boost bank shares, while
technology-related stocks dipped amid profit taking after a
strong quarter.
U.S. Treasury yields rose on optimism that stress in the
banking sector could be contained and as the Treasury Department
saw soft demand for a sale of two-year notes.
Benchmark 10-year yields rose to 3.5317%, up
from its U.S. close of 3.528% on Monday. They are also up from a
six-month low of 3.285% reached on Friday, but remain below a
15-year high of 4.338% from Oct. 21.
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