Apple's slide takes shine off global stock rally
Reuters
Published Sep 13, 2017 17:51
Apple's slide takes shine off global stock rally
By Herbert Lash
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets edged lower on Wednesday, pulled lower over concerns about the launch of Apple's new iPhone X, while the dollar rose after a report showed U.S. producer prices rebounded in August, suggesting a strong economy.
The yield on European and U.S. government debt rose, with the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury hitting a 2-1/2 week high.
Oil prices rose after the International Energy Agency (IEA) said a global surplus was starting to shrink, even though U.S. data showed another big increase in crude inventories due to the ongoing impact from Hurricane Harvey on the Houston energy hub.
European equities pared earlier losses to edge higher thanks to gains in oil and banking stocks, which offset weak chipmakers and a fall in miners (SXPP). [MET/L]
Chipmakers that supply Apple (O:AAPL) were among the worst performers, with AMS (S:AMS) down 3.9 percent and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) off 1.6 percent. STMicro (MI:STM) ended up 0.1 percent.
Chipmakers have been the best performing among Europe's tech stocks this year, accounting for a large chunk of the sector's outperformance. AMS shares have gained 165 percent year-to-date.
MSCI's all-country world stock index (MIWD00000PUS) shed 0.19 percent, but the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index (FTEU3) rose 0.10 percent and the Euro STOXX 50 (STOXX50E) rose 0.3 percent.
On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) rose 8.01 points, or 0.04 percent, to 22,126.87. The S&P 500 (SPX) lost 1.17 points, or 0.05 percent, to 2,495.31 and the Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) dropped 6.77 points, or 0.1 percent, to 6,447.51.
The launch of Apple's iPhone X will test whether inflation is going to be weak, said Mike Bell, global markets strategist with JP Morgan Asset Management in London.
Investors will need to gauge how strong demand will be for the iPhone X, as its price will start at $999, he said.
"If it's relatively healthy I think it shows that there is still quite a lot of pricing power for U.S. companies and consumers have confidence," Bell said.
The dollar index (DXY), which tracks the currency against a basket of six major rivals, was up 0.56 percent at 92.396.
The index rose after the U.S. Labor Department said its producer price index for final demand increased 0.2 percent in August after slipping 0.1 percent in July. The rebound was driven by a surge in the cost of gasoline.
The euro
Benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury notes (US10YT=RR) fell 4/32 in price to yield 2.1848 percent. Their German counterpart, 10 year Bunds (DE10YT=RR), fell 7 basis points in price to yield 0.403 percent.
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Oil prices jumped after the IEA report but then pared gains.
U.S. crude CLcv1 rose 1.62 percent to $49.01 per barrel and Brent LCOcv1 was last at $54.90, up 1.16 percent on the day.
"A sharp rebound in U.S. oil production compared with last week has limited gains in crude prices as concerns grow that oil output is recovering faster than refining capacity coming online," said Abhishek Kumar, senior energy analyst at Interfax Energy’s Global Gas Analytics in London.
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