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Asian markets up after China ends travel quarantine
Asian markets rose on Tuesday after China said it would end quarantine for arrivals, spurring hopes for the revival of the world's second-largest economy and boosting oil which continued its upward surge on fears of Russian production cuts.
China had abruptly reversed its strict pandemic restrictions even as a surge in infections began overtaking the country.
The curbs had torpedoed the economy and sparked nationwide protests. The latest easing will see three years of border controls end on January 8 when Beijing downgrades Covid-19 to a Class B infectious disease, ending mandatory quarantine for overseas arrivals.
The news has sent people in China rushing to search for overseas flights and is set to be a major boon for business travel into the world's second-largest economy.
Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai and Singapore were all higher while markets in Hong Kong and Sydney were still closed for the Christmas break.
After a holiday for commodities traders on Monday, oil continued its surge after a senior official saying Russia could cut up to seven percent of its production next year.
Production was also curtailed by freezing conditions in the United States, where more than 1.8 million barrels a day of oil processing capacity in Texas was hit by extreme weather, Bloomberg News reported.
Both Brent Crude and West Texas Intermediate jumped nearly one percent over the supply shortfalls and expectations of renewed demand from China.
Markets have been buoyed by a set of fresh data last week that indicated a slowing of US inflation, as well as an uptick in consumer spending, which saw Wall Street take gains into the Christmas break.
- Key figures around 0230 GMT -
Tokyo - Nikkei 225: UP 0.5 percent at 26,443.47
Shanghai - Composite: UP 0.6 percent at 3,082.82
Dollar/yen: UP at 132.86 from 132.62 on Monday
Euro/dollar: UP at $1.0646 from $1.0631
Pound/dollar: UP at $1.2094 from $1.2063
Euro/pound: DOWN at 88.02 pence from 88.13 pence
Brent North Sea crude: UP 0.8 percent at $84.60 per barrel
West Texas Intermediate: UP 0.9 percent at $80.28 per barrel
New York - Dow: UP 0.5 percent at 33,203.93 (close Friday)
London - FTSE 100: UP 0.1 percent at 7,473.01 (close Friday)
Hong Kong - Hang Seng Index: DOWN 0.4 percent at 19,593.06 (close Friday)
O.Hansen--CPN