China spending plan buoys Asia stocks

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Most Asian markets rose yesterday after China unveiled plans for $137 billion in extra debt to boost infrastructure spending, while oil extended losses on hopes that Israel will scale back its plans for a Gaza ground invasion.

Traders tracked a rally on Wall Street that was helped by a strong set of earnings from big-name firms including Coca-Cola, Verizon and 3M that fuelled optimism for the reporting season.

The move will lift the fiscal deficit ratio for 2023 to about 3.8 percent of gross domestic product, the official Xinhua news agency said Tuesday, above the three percent usually considered Beijing’s limit. The sectoral gauges were mixed with financials, holding firms and industrial closing in positive territory. Services, property and mining and oil were down.

The government jacked up its borrowing program for next month as it targets to secure P225 billion from the local debt market...

 

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