ASX to drop amid global rout on China worries
Timothy Moore
https://www.afr.com/markets/equity-markets/asx-to-fall-as-global-shares-weaken-20210921-p58tdd
Australian shares are set to plummet at the open amid a broad global sell-off. US stocks pared some losses in the final hour of the session.
ASX futures were down 98 points or 1.4 per cent to 7118 at 7am AEST; they earlier fell by 146 points. The local currency was 0.2 per cent lower.
Bitcoin shed more than 7 per cent to trade close to $US43,700 near 7.15am AEST on bitstamp.net; it briefly fell below $US43,000 earlier.
The yield on the US 10-year note plunged 5 basis points to 1.31 per cent near 5pm in New York.
Wall Street’s main indexes tumbled, as concerns about the pace of a global recovery spurred a broad sell-off though “buy-the-dip” investors helped checked the losses. In addition, there’s increasing angst ahead of this week’s US central bank policy meeting.
“The September swoon that many were calling for finally arrived,” said Chris Zaccarelli, chief investment officer for Independent Advisor Alliance.
Iron ore price slips below $100
Richard Henderson
The price of iron ore fell below $100 for the first time in 14 months as worries about the anticipated default of Chinese developer Evergrande added downward pressure on the commodity.
Iron ore fell 8.8 per cent to $US92.98 per tonne overnight, according to Fast Markets MB, the lowest level of the year and 61 per cent decline from a peak in May.
“The market is likely to remain jittery amid lack of guidance, as China markets are closed until Wednesday,” said ANZ analysts.
“Concerns around a spill-over impact on China’s property market are deepening. There is no relief on production cut pressure, as the government is asking more provinces around Beijing to cut their steel production to improve air quality ahead of the Winter Olympics next year.”