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Clinging To Coattails

EQUITIES

Asian equity markets mostly clung onto the coattails of Thursday's tech driven Wall St. rally, with the Hang Seng also looking to Alibaba's stronger than expected earnings release.

  • Broader regional focus fell on Thursday's relatively loose communique from China, pointing to trade talks with the U.S. "over the coming days".
  • E-minis ticked higher.
  • Nikkei 225 +0.6%, Hang Seng +1.3%, CSI 300 +1.2%, ASX 200 unch.
  • S&P 500 futures +9, DJIA futures +79, NASDAQ 100 futures +29.
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