The MSCI Asia Pacific regional index posted its sixth consecutive earnings gain, up 0,2%. In Tokyo, the Nikkei passed the 16 mark during the session, for the first time in six years, and the Japanese Cabinet Office, in its December report, avoided using the word 'deflation' for the first time in a long time. , saying instead that “prices are stable”.
The good mood of the markets owes a lot to America (last night Wall Street closed with other records): data on household consumption - national accounts data, which cover all purchases, well beyond retail sales - showed for last month a substantial cyclical increase.
The euro is stable, at 1,368 and the yen seems solidly installed above 104. Gold registers 1198 $/ounce, close to the lows of the year and WTI oil has slightly regressed, to 98,7 $/b.
