What will move the market on October 18-22?
The bullish movement in the stock market is gaining speed, and Bitcoin ETFs are closer than they might seem. What do we need to know for the next trading week?
Asian equities rise as North Korea tensions face new sanctions phase
On Tuesday, Asian equities managed to gain because market participants monitored the Korean peninsula for probable reaction by Pyongyang to newly-imposed UN economic sanctions.
The Nikkei 225 rallied 1.05%, the Kospi in South Korea reported 0.12% jump. Additionally, in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 rallied 0.72%. As for the Shanghai Composite, it soared 0.07%.
The fresh UN sanctions on crude exports to North Korea happen to be relatively moderate especially compared with the authentic US proposal as for crude exports. So it can hardly affect the operations of the North Korean military, as some experts state.
Overnight, American equities concluded steeply higher because the fallout from Hurricane Irma didn’t happen to be as terrible as anticipated after on Monday Irma was downgraded to a tropical storm, while relieving geopolitical uncertainty on the Korean peninsula backed market sentiment.
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