Russia Stocks End Flat as Energy and Retail Shares Show Mixed Performance 
Asian Stocks Slide as Central Bank Decisions and Key Data Keep Investors Cautious 
Oil Prices Slip in Asia as 2026 Supply Glut Fears and Russia-Ukraine Talks Weigh on Markets 
Asian Technology and Chipmaking Stocks Slide as AI Spending Concerns Shake Markets 
Wall Street Futures Slip as Tech Stocks Struggle Ahead of Key US Economic Data 
ASX Shares Slide After ASIC Imposes A$150 Million Capital Requirement 
Australian government bonds plunged during Asian trading session Thursday tracking a similar movement in the United States’ Treasuries on hopes of a trade deal with China in the upcoming G-20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, scheduled to start from tomorrow, which repelled investors from buying safe-haven assets.
The yield on Australia’s benchmark 10-year note, which moves inversely to its price, jumped 7 basis points to 1.356 percent, the yield on the long-term 30-year bond also surged 7 basis points to 1.971 percent and the yield on short-term 2-year gained 6-1/2 basis points to 0.996 percent by 04:30GMT.
Global risk appetite wobbled slightly overnight as US president Trump warned of “plan B for China is to take in billions and billions of dollars a month and we’ll do less and less business with them”, OCBC Treasury Research reported.
This raises the stakes going into the Trump-Xi meeting at the G20 summit this Saturday. S&P500 closed slightly softer while the 10-year UST bond yield rose to 2.05 percent, the report added.
Meanwhile, the S&P/ASX 200 index remained 0.45 percent higher at 6,586.50 by 04:35GMT, while at 040:00GMT, the FxWirePro's Hourly AUD Strength Index remained slightly bullish at 81.47 (a reading above +75 indicates a bullish trend, while that below -75 a bearish trend). For more details, visit http://www.fxwirepro.com/currencyindex
