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* Asian stock markets : https://tmsnrt.rs/2zpUAr4
* Oil prices surge on fears of global supply disruption
* China industrial output growth weakens, hits risk appetite
* Stocks slip, safe-haven gold and Japanese yen rise
By Swati Pandey
SYDNEY, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Oil surged to four-month highs
on Monday after weekend attacks on crude facilities in Saudi
Arabia sparked supply fears, while shares in Asia extended
losses as bleak economic data from China sapped investors'
appetite for riskier assets.
European and U.S. stocks market looked set to follow, with
Eurostoxx 50 futures STXEc1 slipping 0.7%, while futures for
Germany's DAX FDXc1 were down 0.9% and those for France's CAC
40 FCEc1 eased 0.5%.
By contrast, London's FTSE futures FFIc1 climbed 0.3%.
Wall Street was signalling a weak start, too, with E-Mini
futures for the S&P 500 ESc1 off 0.4%.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 surged nearly 20% at one point
early in the day and U.S. futures CLc1 jumped almost 16%, both
hitting their highest level since May. But prices came off their
peaks after U.S. President Donald Trump authorised the use of
the country's emergency stockpile to ensure stable supply. O/R
Trump also said the United States was "locked and loaded"
for a potential response to the strikes on the Saudi facilities,
which shut 5% of world production, after a senior official in
his administration said Iran was to blame.
That inflamed fears about Middle East tensions and worsening
relations between Iran and the United States, powering
safe-haven assets, with gold XAU= up 1% to $1,503.4 per ounce.
GOL/
"The bigger issue is what premium markets will build in to
reflect the risk of further attacks," said Kerry Craig, Global
Market Strategist, J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
"In the very near-term, we may also see a pick-up in
safe-havens," he added.
"Central banks are likely to look through the inflationary
impact of higher oil prices but the added geopolitical risk to
an already fragile backdrop will not go without notice."
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan
.MIAPJ0000PUS slipped 0.4% after data showed China's
industrial production growth unexpectedly fell to its weakest
pace in 17-1/2 years in August. Painting a dour picture of the world's second-biggest
economy, China's statistics bureau said the country faces
increasing downward pressure from external uncertainties.
China's blue-chip index .CSI300 eased 0.5%, while Hong
Kong's Hang Seng index .HSI faltered about 1%, despite
expectations Beijing will soon announce more support measures.
Liquidity was relatively thin with Japanese markets shut for
a public holiday.
BONDS AND CURRENCIES
In currency markets, the Saudi news pushed the yen JPY= up
0.2% to 107.83 per dollar while boosting oil-exporter currencies
such as the Canadian dollar CAD=D3 , which rose 0.4%. FRX/
"If risk appetite collapses due to fears of worsening Middle
East tensions in the wake of any retaliation to the...attacks,
some emerging markets could face a double whammy of pressures,"
said Mitul Kotecha, Singapore-based senior emerging markets
strategist at TD Securities.
He noted that the Indian rupee INR=D3 , Indonesian rupiah
IDR=D3 and Philippine peso PHP=D3 were the Asian currencies
most sensitive to oil shocks, given their economies' dependence
on crude imports.
The euro EUR=D3 was little moved near a three-week top
while the pound GBP=D3 stepped back from Friday's two-month
highs to be last at $1.247. That left the greenback down 0.1% at
98.126 against a basket of six major currencies .DXY .
The Australian dollar, a major risk proxy, fell 0.3% against
the yen AUDJPY= , snapping nine straight days of gains. The
kiwi dollar NZDJPY=R slipped to a one-week low on the yen.
"One immediate question this (attack) poses for bond markets
is whether a further rise in the inflation expectations
component of bond yields - which have proved historically
sensitive to oil prices - will give this month's sharp bond
market sell-off fresh impetus," said NAB analyst Ray Attrill.
"Or will safe-haven considerations dominate to drive yields
lower?"
Futures for U.S. 10-year Treasury notes TYv1 rose 0.3%.
In the cash market, prices for both two- and ten-year
Treasuries gained, ending a five-day bond sell-off and sending
yields lower from near 1-1/2 month highs. US10YT=RR US2YT=RR
Investors are also awaiting the outcome of the U.S. Federal
Reserve's policy meeting on Wednesday, at which it is widely
expected to ease interest rates and signal its future policy
path. FEDWATCH
"The markets will look to the Fed as a key pillar of support
and that will increasingly be in focus for global markets as the
week goes on," JPMorgan's Craig added.
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(Editing by Sam Holmes, Himani Sarkar & Kim Coghill)