Reuters: Hot Stocks: XX-Australia shares seen higher boosted by BoJ's tight policy move

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XX-Australia shares seen higher boosted by BoJ's tight policy move Apr 4th 2013, 22:18 Tweet Share this Email Print Thu Apr 4, 2013 6:18pm EDT Australian shares are likely to rise on Friday, pushed higher by the Bank of Japan's new aggressive policies to jump-start the Japanese economy, news that nudged Wall Street into positive territory at the close of day. * Local share price index futures rose 0.3 percent to 4,928, a 14.52 point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index close. The benchmark fell 44.2 points to 4,913.48. * New Zealand's benchmark NZX 50 index fell 0.2 percent to 4,421.26 in early trade. * U.S. stocks ended slightly higher on Thursday after the Bank of Japan announced aggressive, market-lifting policies to jump-start its economy, but weak U.S. jobs data capped gains. * Copper bounced from an eight-month low on Thursday as the euro recovered against the dollar, but doubts remained over the prospects for industrial metals as physical demand remains weak and inventories are at multi-year highs. ----------------------MARKET SNAPSHOT @ 2145 GMT ------------ INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG S&P 500 1559.98 0.4% 6.290 USD/JPY 96.36 0.03% 0.030 10-YR US TSY YLD 1.766 -- -0.050 SPOT GOLD 1553.3 -0.26% -4.050 US CRUDE 93.26 0.00% 0.000 DOW JONES 14606.11 0.38% 55.76 ASIA ADRS 135.89 2.57% 3.40 ------------------------------------------------------------- * Wall St rises after BOJ move, but U.S. jobs data a drag * Oil extends fall on jobless, claims, Brent at 5-mth low * Gold hits 10-month low despite Japan stimulus, ECB cut * Copper soars from 8-month low, demand worries linger For a digest of the day's business stories in Australian newspapers, double click on (Australia/New Zealand bureaux; +61 2 9373 1800/+64 4 471 4234) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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