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Equities Enter 'Critical Support Zone'

CHINA
  • The deterioration in the Russia/Ukraine conflict combined with renewed crackdown fears have left China equities vulnerable in recent weeks.
  • The Hang Seng Index is down 10% this month, given up all of its early 2022 gains and entered a critical support zone this week.
  • The HSI index fell below its 22,519.70 support level on Monday to its lowest level since March 24th 2020 (before edging slightly higher during the overnight session).
  • Next key support to watch on the downside stands at 21,709.10, which was the low reached on March 19th following the Covid19 shock.
  • The current environment has ‘erased’ China officials’ ‘easing effort’ as the market uncertainty could continue to weigh on domestic and global risky assets in the near term.
  • On the other hand, momentum on the CNY remains firm, with USDCNY falling below the 6.31 level earlier.
    • Next ST support to watch on the downside stands at 6.30.
    • Key support remains at 6.2430, which was the low reached on March 27th 2018.

Source: Bloomberg/MNI

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