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Euro rises, Asian shares up after tests
Published in The Egyptian Gazette on 26 - 07 - 2010

SINGAPORE - The euro edged up and Asian shares rose on Monday as solid US corporate earnings and surprisingly strong euro zone data offset growing skepticism that stress tests on European banks were not strict enough.
The upbeat sentiment was expected to carry over to European markets, with Britain's FTSE 100 (.FTSE), Germany's DAX (.GDAXI) and France's CAC-40 (.FCHI) seen opening up to 1 per cent higher in their first reaction to the bank test results, which were released after European markets closed on Friday.
Only seven of 91 banks - five small Spanish banks, Germany's state-rescued Hypo Real Estate (HRXGe.UL) and Greece's ATEbank (AGBr.AT) - failed the tests, for an overall capital shortfall of 3.5 billion euros ($4.5 billion).
The shortfall was much smaller than the 30-100 billion euros predicted by markets, although many European banks have already raised capital during the financial crisis.
The euro inched up 0.2 per cent against the US dollar in Asian trade to around $1.2944, before paring some of its gains.
It had risen by a similar margin on Friday as the bank tests revealed no nasty surprises.
The single currency was also buoyed by strong European data, including a record jump in German business sentiment in July and a stronger-than-expected surge in the British economy.
"With the results of the stress tests, which had been the market's big focus, out in the open, downward factors seem to have run their course for now, even though there's criticism that those tests might have been too easy," said Hiroichi Nishi, general manager of equity marketing at Nikko Cordial Securities.
"The market will likely rise initially and then move narrowly awaiting reaction in Europe with market players keeping an eye on currency moves."
Asian stocks outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) rose 0.5 per cent, after advancing 1.5 per cent on Friday on optimism over US company earnings.
Japan's Nikkei (.N225) outperformed, unofficially closing 0.8 per cent higher and extending a 2.3 per cent rally in the previous session. Investors were shifting to focus to a slew of corporate results from major Japanese exporters such as Sony (6758.T) and Honda (7267.T) later in the week this week.
South Korea's benchmark KOSPI (.KS11) firmed 0.6 per cent following stronger-than-expected second-quarter growth data while Hong Kong's Hang Seng (.HSI) rose 0.2 per cent.
US stocks rose about 1 per cent on Friday as GE (GE.N) shares jumped after the conglomerate increased its quarterly dividend by 20 per cent, the latest in a string of bullish news from big US multinationals which have helped ease concerns that the global economic recovery may be stalling. (.N)
While most economists rule out a slide back into recession, data shows US growth is definitely cooling, even as parts of Europe show sparks of life and Asian economies roar ahead.
Economists polled by Reuters think US growth slowed to a 2.5 per cent annual rate in the second quarter, down from 2.7 per cent in the first quarter.
The GDP data, to be released on Friday, is also expected to show much of the US growth continued to be reliant on government spending amid weakening consumer confidence.


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