Most Asian stocks rose on Tuesday with regional technology shares tracking some strength in their U.S. peers, although investors remained largely on edge over U.S.-China trade ructions and soft economic conditions.
Oil prices ticked up on Tuesday supported by rising geopolitical tensions as Russia and Ukraine ramped up the war and Iran was set to reject a U.S. nuclear deal proposal that would be key to easing sanctions on the major oil producer.
The dollar hovered near six-week lows on Tuesday, as mounting evidence of economic damage from the trade war waged by President Donald Trump’s administration weighed on sentiment.
Indonesia’s economic policy package aimed at stimulating demand, which includes fare subsidies as well as cash and food handouts over June and July, will cost the government 24.44 trillion rupiah ($1.5 billion), the finance minister said on Monday.
China’s factory activity in May shrank for the first time in eight months, a private-sector survey showed on Tuesday, indicating U.S. tariffs are now starting to directly hurt the manufacturing superpower.
Oil prices were on track for a second consecutive weekly decline on Friday, weighed down by expectations of another OPEC+ output hike in July and fresh uncertainty after the latest legal twist kept U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs in place.