Japan -0.99%. Japan PPI (June)-0.2% m/m (expected +0.2%).
Japan Core Machinery Orders (May) -7.6% m/m (expected +1%).
China -0.54%.
Hong Kong +0.72%.
Australia +0.42%.
India +0.17%.
South Korea’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate inched up slightly to 2.6% in June after hitting a joint-record low of 2.5% in May.
Retail trade in Malaysia advanced 5 percent year-on-year in May 2023.
Industrial production in Malaysia surged by 4.7% year-on-year in May 2023, beating market forecasts of a 0.5% rise.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand July meeting minutes: the Committee agreed that monetary conditions are restricting spending and reducing inflationary pressure as anticipated and that interest rates will need to remain at a restrictive level for the foreseeable future. Inflation remains too high.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand left the cash rate unchanged at 5.5%, as widely expected.
In the U.S. on Tuesday, all three major indexes ended higher for the second consecutive day. The Dow industrial average rose 317 points or 0.93% at 34261.43, the S&P index rose 29.71 points or 0.67% at 4439.25, the NASDAQ index rose 75.21 points or 0.55% at 13760.69.
Markets were awaiting U.S. inflation data on Wednesday and producer price data on Thursday for clues on the interest rate outlook.
Coming up in the session: U.S. inflation data at 8:30 US Eastern time; the European Central Bank’s Lane is speaking Wednesday at 9:45 US Eastern time.
Oil prices were largely unchanged in early Asian trade on Wednesday after a bigger-than-expected build in U.S. crude stockpiles.
Brent futures slipped 4 cents, to $79.36 a barrel by 0015 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude fell 1 cent to settle at $74.82.
Currencies: (JPY:USD), (CNY:USD), (AUD:USD), (INR:USD), (HKD:USD), (NZD:USD).
U.S. stock futures were little changed on Wednesday: Dow +0.02%; S&P 500 +0.09%; Nasdaq +0.17%.