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USD Strength In July Weighted on EM Risky Assets

EMERGING MARKETS
  • In the past few weeks, we have seen that the rise in uncertainty over the Delta variant in addition to the sharp contraction in Chinese liquidity have been weighing on risky assets, especially EM equities.
  • In addition, USD strength in July generated a sharp selloff in EM risky assets, with EM MSCI index down over 7% last month.
  • This chart ranks all the EM Equity Sectors based on their monthly performance for each month since July 2020.
  • Real Estate was the worst performer in July, down nearly 18% amid rising contagion risk over China real estate developer giant Evergrande.
  • The real estate sectors has been the worst performing sector in the past year, down 18% YoY, while EM Materials and IT stocks have been the best performing stocks up 52.4% and 41.7% YoY, respectively.
  • Energy and Real Estate are the two 'cheapest' sectors in the EM market according to our value score.

Source: Bloomberg/MNI

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