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Swedish property group SBB climbed to the top of the Stoxx 600 in afternoon deals, up 4.5%, after announcing it was exploring strategic options including a sale of the company or of specific assets and segments. Shares of the company have sunk 80% over the last year as it struggles with the higher interest rate environment.

Meantime, Swedish video game maker and media company Embracer Group slumped to the bottom of the European benchmark, down 7.3%, amid uncertainty about the status of its latest game release.

— Karen Gilchrist

John Ricciardi, head of global asset allocation at Deuterium Capital Management, says that’s “quite supportive for risk assets, which are trading … at very steep discounts to standard valuations.”

The market has long been pricing in interest rate cuts from major central banks toward the end of 2023, but sticky core inflation, tight labor markets and a surprisingly resilient global economy are leading some economists to reassess.

Stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs figures and gross domestic product data have highlighted a key risk to the Federal Reserve potentially taking its foot off the monetary brake. Economic resilience and persistent labor market tightness could exert upward pressure on wages and inflation, which is in danger of becoming entrenched.

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— Elliot Smith

European markets are expected to open higher Monday.

The U.K.’s FTSE 100 index is expected to open 12.1 points higher at 7,641, Germany’s DAX up 34 points at 16,015, France’s CAC up 6.2 points at 7,331 and Italy’s FTSE MIB 80 points higher at 26,838, according to data from IG.

— Jenni Reid

The dollar index could further strengthen to 105 in the short term with the U.S. jobs report to be released later this week as well as a looming vote on the debt ceiling deal, SMBC said in a Monday note.

“Asian currencies are expected to weaken, but the decline may be limited as more market participants are also looking for chances for Asian currencies to appreciate in preparation for risk-on sentiment after the Fed pauses rate hikes,” Ryota Abe, Asia Pacific economist at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) wrote.

 The dollar index slid marginally to 104.164 in Asia’s morning session. The Japanese yen slightly strengthened to 140.52 against the U.S. dollar, while the offshore Chinese yuan weakened to 7.0791 against the greenback.

“U.S. economic data released last week support hawkish stances on rate hikes,” Abe wrote in the note. “Combined with CPI released earlier this month, the data show stronger than expected inflationary pressures, reigniting concerns over inflation in the US,” he wrote.

— Jihye Lee

The Turkish lira weakened against the U.S. dollar as incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan clinched victory in the 2023 presidential election, extending his rule into a third decade in power.

The currency was trading at 19.97 against the greenback as of Monday 4 a.m. London time.

“We have a pretty pessimistic outlook on the Turkish Lira as a result of Erdogan retaining office after the election,” Wells Fargo’s Emerging Markets Economist and FX Strategist Brendan McKenna told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia.”

“It’s a very bleak economic and markets outlook for Turkey,” McKenna added, forecasting that the lira will reach a new record low of 23 against the dollar by end of the second quarter.

—Lee Ying Shan

Artificial intelligence has taken the investing world by storm since early this year — thanks largely to the emergence of ChatGPT, which triggered a wave of buying into AI-related stocks. 

Is it here to stay or just hype?

A bull and a bear faced off on CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia,” telling investors how they can navigate the dilemma, as well as what stocks to play the trend.

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— Weizhen Tan