Japan +1.03%. Japan’s November leading index index was 95.4 versus 96.4 previously.
The BOJ survey found that 85% of households expect higher prices in a year, compared with 85.7% previously.
China -0.04%.
Hong Kong +1.14%.
Australia +0.90%. Australia November 2022 retail sales data: +1.4% monthly (previously +0.4%).
Australia Data – Vacancies for November 2022 -4.9% qoq (previously -2.1%).
Australia monthly consumer price index, November 2022: 7.3% year-on-year (previously 6.9%).
India -0.01%.
Overnight on Wall Street, the major stock indexes closed higher as investors continued to build on the early-year rally. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 186.45 points, or 0.56%, to end at 33,704.10. The S&P 500 rose 0.70% to close at 3,919.25. The Nasdaq Composite led the major indexes for another day, gaining 1.01% to end the session at 10,742.63.
New Zealand Commodity Price Index for December -0.1% monthly (previously -3.9%).
Government data showed South Korea’s unemployment rate rose 3.3% in December, marking an 11-month high.
Oil prices fell on Wednesday, erasing gains from the previous session, after industry data showed a surprise increase in crude and fuel inventories in the United States, the world’s biggest oil user, stoking worries. concerns about fuel demand.
West Texas Intermediate USA (WTI) rough fell 59 cents, or 0.8%, to $74.53 a barrel by 01:34 GMT, while Brent crude futures were down 62 cents, or 0.8%, at $79.48 a barrel. .
Gold prices were confined to a narrow range on Wednesday as investors balked at key US inflation data this weekend.
Spot gold was little changed at $1,875.68 an ounce by 0242 GMT, hovering near an eight-month high reached on Monday. US gold futures contract up 0.2% to $1,879.30.
spot silver rose 0.1% to $23.63 while platinum fell 0.5% to $1,075.11. Palladium fell 0.4% to $1,774.13.
Mixed US futures. Dow Jones index +0.12%; S&P 500 +0.06%; Nasdaq -0.03%.
