Shares Up, Dollar Down After U.S. Inflation Cools Down

US share futures and government bonds jumped and the dollar fell on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, after inflation data came in cooler than expected, driving investor expectations the Federal Reserve will be able to temper its aggressive program of rate increases, Stella Qiu and Alun John reported for Reuters.

Photo Insert: The yield on benchmark US 10-year Treasuries dropped 23 basis points after the data to 3.9137%, S&P futures rose 3% and Nasdaq futures rose 4%.

The yield on benchmark US 10-year Treasuries dropped 23 basis points after the data to 3.9137%, S&P futures rose 3% and Nasdaq futures rose 4%. In currency markets the dollar sold off sharply, falling 1.75% against the rate-sensitive Japanese yen to 143.64, while the euro climbed 1.2% to $1.016 a two-month high.

The US consumer price index rose 0.4% last month after climbing by the same margin in September, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the CPI would advance 0.6%.

Excluding the volatile food and energy components, the closely-watched core CPI increased 0.3% last month after gaining 0.6% in September.

The improved sentiment in traditional markets also spilled over into the crypto world, where moves often mirror those in other assets like tech stocks that rise when investors are positive about growth.

Bitcoin, rose over 10% to as high as $17,641 after the data, marking a recovery after plunging sharply for two straight sessions to as low as $15,632 on Wednesday, its lowest level since late 2020.

That move came after Binance, the world's biggest crypto exchange, said late on Wednesday it had decided not to acquire smaller rival FTX, which has grappled with a severe liquidity crunch and warned it faces bankruptcy without more capital.

Another factor for markets is that China is again grappling with a COVID-19 surge, with the southern metropolis of Guangzhou reporting thousands of cases. Chinese blue chips lost 0.7% and the Hong Kong benchmark fell 1.7%.

Apple Inc. supplier and iPhone assembler Foxconn said on Thursday it expected flattish revenue in the fourth quarter, as the company grapples with COVID curbs at a major factory in China's Zhengzhou industrial hub.

In commodities, oil prices recovered after the data, having tumbled around 3% in the previous session on fears about demand from China and rising US crude stocks.

US crude oil futures were 0.1% higher at $85.93 per barrel, while Brent crude futures gained 1% to $93.58. Gold also rallied with the spot price up 1.77% at $1,735 per ounce.

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