Asian stocks edged
up on Thursday, while the dollar's gains were limited as U.S. President
Donald Trump's struggle to push through a healthcare reform bill raised
doubts over whether he can win support for pro-growth economic policy
measures.
European markets are poised for a stronger start, with financial spreadbetter CMC Markets expecting Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE to open 0.1 percent higher, Germany's DAX .GDAXI to be up 0.4 percent and France's CAC 40 .FCHI to begin the day 0.2 percent higher.
Having weakened as much as 0.4 percent a day earlier, sterling GBP=D3 was steady at $1.2489, showing little reaction to the attack close to Britain's Parliament that left five people dead, including the attacker and a police officer, and 40 injured. Police said they believed the attacker was inspired by Islamist-related terrorism.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS advanced 0.2 percent.
Japan's Nikkei .N225 closed 0.2 percent higher, as a weaker yen offset a political scandal over the relationship of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife with a Japanese nationalist education group that bought state-owned land at a fraction of its appraised price to build an elementary school.
China's CSI 300 .CSI300 had made early gains on hopes that index compiler MSCI may include A-shares in its indices, but those gains were lost as money began flowing out of the mainland market through link to the Hong Kong exchange.
The Shanghai Composite .SSEC dropped 0.3 percent, while the H-share index .HSCE added 0.2 percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng .HSI retreated 0.1 percent.
Overnight, the Nasdaq .IXIC jumped 0.5 percent and the S&P 500 .SPX closed 0.2 percent higher, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was flat, after all three touched their lowest levels in about five weeks earlier in the session.
The dollar advanced 0.2 percent to 111.37 yen JPY=D4, after dropping to 110.75, its lowest since Nov. 22 overnight.
Having weakened as much as 0.4 percent a day earlier, sterling GBP=D3 was steady at $1.2489, showing little reaction to the attack close to Britain's Parliament that left five people dead, including the attacker and a police officer, and 40 injured. Police said they believed the attacker was inspired by Islamist-related terrorism.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS advanced 0.2 percent.
Japan's Nikkei .N225 closed 0.2 percent higher, as a weaker yen offset a political scandal over the relationship of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife with a Japanese nationalist education group that bought state-owned land at a fraction of its appraised price to build an elementary school.
China's CSI 300 .CSI300 had made early gains on hopes that index compiler MSCI may include A-shares in its indices, but those gains were lost as money began flowing out of the mainland market through link to the Hong Kong exchange.
The Shanghai Composite .SSEC dropped 0.3 percent, while the H-share index .HSCE added 0.2 percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng .HSI retreated 0.1 percent.
Overnight, the Nasdaq .IXIC jumped 0.5 percent and the S&P 500 .SPX closed 0.2 percent higher, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was flat, after all three touched their lowest levels in about five weeks earlier in the session.
The dollar advanced 0.2 percent to 111.37 yen JPY=D4, after dropping to 110.75, its lowest since Nov. 22 overnight.
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