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August was a relatively calm month for the Japanese market, equities continued to climb with the help of the dovish central bank.

Fixed income indexes in August had mixed performance. Despite continued quantitative easing across the globe, funds outflows from fixed income resulted in falls in some of the relatively expensive IGs.

Weekly Insight September 18

Continuing the performance from the previous months, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index gained 2.09% in August. USD continued its weakness as expected, which did further boost the performance in emerging markets.

In line with global markets, European equities rallied on the back of the easing epidemic and vaccine developments, the European STOXX 600 Index extended gains, rising 2.86% (4.19% in US$ terms) over the month of August.

Chinese markets extended gains in August on the back of policy support and positive market sentiment. The CSI 300 Index and the Shanghai Composite Index gained 2.58% (4.48% in USD) and 2.59% (4.49% in USD) respectively, while the Hang Seng Index also rose 2.37% (2.36% in USD).

Riding on vaccine development progress, US equities continued the surge as markets continue to price in the post-covid recovery, the S&P 500, Dow Jones, and NASDAQ gained 7.01%, 7.57%, and 9.59% in August respectively.