Asia Market Movers: China official manufacturing PMI 49.0 vs 49.1 expected

Wednesday, 04 Mar, 2026 News China official manufacturing PMI 49.0 vs 49.1 expected Prior was 49.3 Non-manufacturing 49.5 vs 49.4 prior Composite 49.5 vs 49.8 prior The malaise in the Chinese economy continues. Worse is that this is headed in the wrong direction and deeper into contr News Australian Q4 GDP +0.8% vs +0.6% expected Prior quarter was +0.4% Real GDP y/y +2.6% vs +2.2% expected Prior y/y GDP was +2.1% Final consumption expenditure +0.5% vs +0.6% prior GDP chain price index +1.4% vs +0.8% prior Gross fixed capital e Learn more Stock market update Nikkei opens 2.3% lower Japanese stocks are under pressure, opening 2.3% lower as they follow the lead of global stocks. It's been a one-way trade lower since the Iran war in large part due to the inflationary spike in oil a Commodities The Asian gold bid returns. What to look for Tuesday was a bruising day for gold but let's try to keep it in perspective. It was caught up in a 'sell everything' deleveraging market as all the weak hands regarding the Iran war got shaken out. In News New Zealand Q4 terms of trade +3.7% q/q vs -0.7% expected Prior was -2.1% Import prices vs +0.8% expected Prior import prices +0.5% Export prices vs +0.5% expected Prior export prices -1.6% New Zealand's terms of trade measure the ratio of the country's expo News investingLive Americas FX news wrap 3 Mar: Mideast conflict dominate.USD/Gold/Stocks fall. S&P and NASDAQ index close down near 1% Trump: DFC to provide political risk insurance and guarantees to all Maritime Trade Pres. Trump speaking from the White House: Felt strongly Iran was going Stocks S&P and NASDAQ index close down near 1% The major US stock indices are closing lower on the day, but well off their session lows after buyers stepped in during the latter part of trading. Concerns about the Iranian war, sharply higher oil p Technical Analysis USDCHF retraces some of the gains today and settles near the 50% midpoint of 2026 range The USDCHF moved higher earlier in the day , breaking above the 50% midpoint of the 2026 trading range at 0.78208 . That break helped ignite additional buying momentum, pushing the pair up toward — an Learn more News Trump: DFC to provide political risk insurance and guarantees to all Maritime Trade The price of crude oil has moved lower trading to $72.39. That was just below the 38.2% of the move up from the low last week at $72.49. Staying below that level would open the door to more downside

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