Asia stocks were up again as upbeat U.S. jobs data calmed immediate concerns about the health of the world’s largest economy.
Japan’s Nikkei jumped 4.5%, which happened to be its highest daily gain in 3 months.
Hikaru Sato, a senior technical analyst at Daiwa Securities, commented:
Abe’s victory boosted confidence in investor sentiment, and winning a two-thirds majority sends foreign investors a message that Abe’s policies will see a progress.”
The Asian rebound came right after the news that the U.S. economy added 287,000 jobs last month.
The Dow was up 1.4%, while the S&P 500 stayed firm at 1.53%.
The BoE meets on Thursday and might cut its 0.5% interest rate to offset the economic drag from Brexit.
Speaking of Britain, the British pound was stuck at $1.2963 on Monday, after failing utterly to rebound from the 13% loss suffered right after Britain’s vote to leave the EU.
Crude prices dropped down to near 2-month low, despite comments from Saudi Arabia’s oil minister that the oil market was becoming more balanced. Brent crude futures were trading at $46.42 per barrel, down 34 cents from their last settlement.