China's financial markets and government departments will be closed for all of next week, returning on Monday, January 30, 2023. We will also be following the Canadian policy rate decision on Thursday (+25 bps expected to 4.50%). Yesterday Tokyo closed up +0.6% for a strong +2.8% weekly rise. Hong Kong ended up +1.8% so they managed a +1.0% weekly rise based on that. The ASX200 ended its Friday session up +0.2% for a modest +0.7% weekly gain, and the NZX50 ended higher too, up +0.7% on the day for a good weekly rise of +1.9%.
