Asian and Pacific stock markets uncertain as they await Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's speech before the US Congress. Tokyo closed at parity (Nikkei 225 index -0.02%), with Chinese stock markets also flat.
Hong Kong rebounds by 1.2% after drops in Beijing's GDP forecasts on the day. Seoul down by 0.3% and Sydney by0.1%, with operators indifferent to the expected results of the'super Tuesday' election in the United States. Futures on the start of European stock markets are uncertain.