(Sri Lanka stock market closed on Monday holiday)
* Russia’s factory activity expands in June
* Hungary, Poland PMI fall in June
* Pakistan shares surge after IMF deal
* Sri Lanka approves domestic debt restructuring plan
* Turkish Lira at fresh record low
July 3 (Reuters) – Emerging market stocks and currencies
advanced on Monday, buoyed by continued hopes of support
measures from China, while Pakistan’s stocks hit their highest
since May 2022 after it secured an IMF bailout and Turkey’s lira
hit a fresh record low.
EM stocks advanced on a 1.3% boost from China
stocks,, while currencies
gained too. The dollar was on the back foot as traders
assessed U.S. data to gauge the Federal Reserve’s policy
outlook.
Investors firmed their expectations of economic stimulus
following fresh data on China’s easing factory activity growth
in June. This, combined with Friday’s survey that revealed
factory activity extending declines only added to show the
world’s No. 2 economy lost steam in the second quarter.
The rouble recovered slightly after domestic
political concerns pushed the Russian currency to a more than
15-month low against the dollar late last week.
Meanwhile, data showed Russia’s manufacturing sector
activity increased for the 14th month running in June.
In Central and East Europe, data showed Hungary’s purchasing
manager index slipped into contraction for the first time since
April 2021, while Polish factories’ business conditions
deteriorated sharply in June.
While the Hungarian forint slipped 0.2% against the
euro, while the Polish zloty edged up.
South Africa’s manufacturing activity contracted for the
fifth consecutive month in June due to worsening business
conditions. The rand was up 0.6%.
Pakistan’s benchmark stock index jumped nearly 6% to
its highest level since May 2022 as the crisis-struck country’s
$3 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund
continued to boost sentiment, while auto stocks rose on hopes of
easing import restrictions.
“Pakistan joins the list of other small emerging and
frontier markets … back onto the radar of foreign investors,”
analysts at Tellimer noted while flagging that it is unrealistic
to expect the state to pursue the structural reform agenda that
might establish a long-term investment case.
The Turkish lira weakened to as much as 26.11
against the dollar, hitting a fresh record low on Monday,
extending its losses since the re-election of President Tayyip
Erdogan.
Erdogan will chair a cabinet meeting at the presidential
palace where he may comment on the economy and the central bank
will release its minutes from the June 22 policy meeting, where
it raised its key rate by 650 basis points to 15%.
Data also showed the country’s factory activity expanded at
a steady pace in June, although new orders growth slowed and
price pressures grew as the currency weakened.
Elsewhere, Sri Lanka’s parliament approved a domestic debt
restructuring plan over the weekend that is crucial to continue
a $2.9 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund
(IMF). Markets were closed on account of a public holiday.
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(Reporting by Ankika Biswas in Bengaluru; Editing by Alison
Williams)
