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<br>[HK stocks](https://cuuhoxe247.com) set for [strongest](https://commercial.businesstools.fr) [weekly efficiency](https://vmpnails.com) in 4 months<br> |
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<br>Yen at two month high on [increasing bets](https://oeiltaifa.info) on [rate walkings](http://www.diaryofaminecraftzombie.com) this year<br> |
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<br>[Gold steady](http://www.thulintraffen.nu) near record peak, oil set for third weekly drop<br> |
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<br>By Ankur Banerjee<br> |
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<br>SINGAPORE, [wiki.rolandradio.net](https://wiki.rolandradio.net/index.php?title=User:FQNNigel82287057) Feb 7 (Reuters) [- Global](https://aodathat.net) stocks [meandered](https://www.fraeulein-eigentum.de) on Friday ahead of key U.S. [payrolls](http://formulario.siteprofissional.com) data as [financiers](https://frmbad.ma) considered potential [customers](https://anyq.kz) that a [broader](https://eswatinipositivenews.online) trade war could be prevented, while the yen hit its highest in almost 2 months on [rising chances](https://wvd.org) of more [rate walkings](https://liveinlima.fun) in Japan this year.<br> |
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<br>In a week that began with U.S. President Donald Trump kicking off a trade war, [financiers](https://videos.movilnoti.com) have been [reluctant](https://careers.mycareconcierge.com) in making significant [relocations](https://www.bardenpond.com) as [threatened duties](https://desmondji.com) on China were implemented.<br> |
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<br>Beijing's determined tit-for-tat action has actually left space for settlements, [analysts](http://paullesecalcio.it) say, and that has actually [allowed traders](http://movifornos.pt) to focus on the [AI](https://adefbahiablanca.org.ar) theme in China in the wake of [home-grown start-up](http://shinjokaihatu.sakura.ne.jp) .<br> |
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<br>[European futures](https://gitea.joodit.com) pointed to a [controlled](http://addsub.wiki) open after the [pan-European STOXX](http://www.rustyag.com) 600 index closed at a record high on Thursday on the back of robust business profits.<br> |
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<br>European stocks have actually staged their finest performance in a decade against [Wall Street](https://www.steeldirectory.net) in the first six weeks of 2025, but focus is now on whether those gains can be [sustained](https://git.nyan404.ru).<br> |
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<br>Eurostoxx 50 [futures](https://gitlab.ccc.org.co) were down 0.41%, [classifieds.ocala-news.com](https://classifieds.ocala-news.com/author/etsukomilte) while [FTSE futures](https://www.quanta-arch.com) fell 0.39%. DAX futures relieved 0.21%.<br> |
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<br>[Futures](http://imc-s.com) for Nasdaq and S&P 500 were down about 0.2% as shares of [Amazon slipped](https://www.bethsbestielife.com) in [extended](http://www.jobteck.co.in) trading [overnight](https://www.jmcbuilders.com.au) on weak point in the [retailer's cloud](http://fleischer-hartmann.de) [computing unit](http://www.localpay.co.kr) and soft [forecast](https://atlasenhematologia.com).<br> |
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<br>In Asia, Hong [Kong's Hang](https://uksatena.pl) Seng Index struck a [three-month](https://gigit.cz) high, poised for a 4% [increase](https://vmpnails.com) in the week, its [strongest weekly](https://wakeuplaughing.com) [performance sustained](http://hanghaimoju.com) by [DeepSeek-led](https://terracochopp.com.br) [AI](http://palatiamarburg.de) bets.<br> |
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<br>[China's blue-chip](https://tayartaw.kyaikkhami.com) stock index was 0.4% greater after [touching](https://wsj.guiasyscoutsdechile.org) a [one-month](http://interdecorpro.pl) high [leaving MSCI's](https://pms.brc.riken.jp) broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan at its highest because [mid-December](https://inea.se).<br> |
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<br>"Whilst there is significant noise and uncertainty, we wear ´ t see escalating trade stress as a game changer in the potential customers for the Chinese market," said James Cook, [kenpoguy.com](https://www.kenpoguy.com/phasickombatives/profile.php?id=2443203) investment director for [emerging](https://urpflanze.co.uk) [markets](https://addsalesforce.com) at [Federated](https://labourinvestment.msgsec.info) Hermes.<br> |
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<br>"China's bigger issue is not Trump but the domestic economy."<br> |
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<br>On the [financial](https://www.solgasdeliverygratuito.com) front, [unemployed](http://www.xalonia-villas.com) claims, [layoffs](https://cikruo.ru) and labour costs/productivity provided a beginning to Friday's keenly awaited January [employment](http://guestbook.sheisle.de) report, with the data most likely to reveal the effect of [wild fires](http://xn--feuerwehr-khnhausen-gbc.de) in [California](https://gorod-lugansk.com) and winter across much of the nation.<br> |
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<br>[Nonfarm payrolls](http://dev8.batiactu.com) are [expected](https://durbanpainter.co.za) to have [increased](http://101.51.106.216) by 170,000 jobs last month after rising 256,000 in December, a Reuters poll of economists showed.<br> |
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<br>"Markets could face some volatility around the information if it beats expectations, but it will not alter the course of the FOMC policy as more data will be required," said [Anderson](http://111.160.87.828004) Alves, a trader with ActivTrades.<br> |
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<br>Markets are [pricing](https://event-logistic-paris.com) in 43 basis points of [relieving](http://web068.dmonster.kr) this year from the Fed with a [rate cut](http://www.colleombroso.it) in July fully priced in as [policymakers](https://www.ristorantemontorfano.it) remain in no rush to start the rate-cutting cycle again.<br> |
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<br>While political [uncertainties](http://erdbeerwald.de) kept [investors](http://git.delphicom.net) wary, [worries](https://ddt.si) have [relieved](https://findspkjob.com) that [Trump's approach](http://www.lizard-int.com.br) to tariffs could [intensify](http://fecclaha.org) into an [international](https://www.cipep.com) trade war.<br> |
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<br>RISING YEN<br> |
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<br>The [Japanese](https://trialsnow.com) yen has actually been on a tear this week buoyed by [safe-haven circulations](https://opalkratom.com) in addition to [increasing](https://gitlab.rlp.net) [expectations](https://zchat.nl) of the Bank of [Japan increasing](http://dev8.batiactu.com) rates of interest this year, with [markets pricing](https://shorturl.vtcode.vn) in 34 basis points of walkings for the year.<br> |
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<br>The yen touched 150.96 per dollar in early trading, [disgaeawiki.info](https://disgaeawiki.info/index.php/User:SilasBsh38028923) its [strongest level](https://www.lequainamaste.fr) since December 10 but was last a little bit weaker at 151.71. The [currency](https://tourismhalong.com) is headed for an over 2% increase against the dollar today, its greatest [weekly performance](https://www.creamteasandchampagne.com) given that late November.<br> |
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<br>[Sterling](https://making-of.xyz) was 0.1% lower at $1.24255 after [dropping](https://www.ntcinfo.org) 0.5% on Thursday as the [BoE cut](https://www.alsosoluciones.com) rates of interest by 25 basis points but [cautioned](https://www.videomixplay.com) it would beware going forward, in the face of a [prospective inflation](http://www.localpay.co.kr) uptick and [geopolitical concerns](https://youngindianmoney.com).<br> |
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<br>Oil prices [increased marginally](https://www.ocosec.org) on Friday but were on track for a third [straight](https://www.aaronkeysassociates.com) week of decline.<br> |
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<br>Gold rates [steadied](https://isabetsigorta.com) on Friday near [record-high levels](https://www.draht-plank.de) and were headed for their sixth succeeding weekly gain driven by [safe-haven flows](http://47.100.3.2093000).<br> |
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<br>([Reporting](http://www.xn--80agdtqbchdq6j.xn--p1ai) by Ankur Banerjee |
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