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Asian stock markets were mixed on today’s trading session after US equities dropped
According to Goldman Sachs Asia Pacific stocks will give approximately 18% returns within 2021
The markets were strongly dominated by two primary factors.
The first being the upcoming US Presidential elections and the second being the resurgence of Covid-19 across many countries on the European continent as well as the United States.
On Monday, investors showed renewed confidence in cyclical stocks and bought into the dip from the previous week, thus pushing the S&P 500 up by 1,2%. October also saw the ISM Manufacturing Index at its highest level since September 2018 clocking in at 59.3 %.
Hong Kong-listed shares of Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Tencent dropped 8.28% and 5.63%
On Monday, The Nasdaq dropped 1.6%, the S&P 500 fell 1.9% and the Dow Jones was down 2.3%.
These major indexes were hit after daily new coronavirus case were at a record high.
On Monday, all major indexes declined due to pessimism around fiscal stimulus with the S&P 500 down 1.6%, the Nasdaq was fell 1.7% and the Dow Jones dropped 1.4%.
Some political uncertainty was removed after President Trump essentially recovered from the coronavirus.
Stocks climbed last week, with the S&P 500 recording the best weekly rise since early July.
Southeast Asian equities have underperformed the broader regional markets throughout this year
The trading in Asian equities halted today due to Typhoon Nangka, while other Asia-Pacific markets were mixed.