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Conducive global developments placed financial markets on a risk-on mode in the final month of 2020. The prospect of widely available coronavirus vaccines, the US bipartisan agreement on fiscal stimulus, and the EU-UK post-Brexit trade agreement’s conclusion provided the necessary fillip to sentiment, sustaining momentum for real estate stocks to conclude on a positive note. However, for the whole of 2020, real estate stocks continued to lag the wider equity markets, which have been supported by tech and pharma counters. Property cycles will eventually chart its own way out of the crisis, which although historically lags an economic recovery, will be longer-lived, sustained by the region’s enduring structural fundamentals.

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Regional property stocks reversed two consecutive months of falls in November as successful trials of vaccines in development raised hopes for an end to the pandemic. As a Joe-Biden victory bred expectations of a more stable geopolitical environment, the world's largest trade pact was also inked in November. Fifteen Asia-Pacific economies including those in the ASEAN bloc, Australia, China, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand committed to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, underscoring the significant role the accord could play in post-pandemic recovery efforts.

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在经历了暗淡的9月之后,全球资本市场又迎来了疲软的10月。由于美国大选的不确定性、漫长的财政刺激政策谈判、加上欧洲疫情反弹,市场悲观情绪持续蔓延。

10月份,亚太地区GPR/APREA上市房地产综合指数呈负收益,其表现差于亚太股票指数。亚太股票市场之所以表现较好是得益于其包含了高权重的科技公司,亚太债券的良好表现也受益于此

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Capital markets in the region experienced another weak month in October, following a lackluster September. Uncertainties from the US presidential election, protracted US fiscal stimulus talks and a resurgence in infection numbers in Europe contributed to the bearish sentiment.

Closer to home, Thailand’s stocks fell on mounting anti-government protests, which, if protracted is likely to derail an economic recovery – its key equities benchmark tumbled to its lowest level in more than six months. The  GPR/APREA total return gauges for both the Kingdom’s listed real estate and REITs contracted by double digits to clock the biggest fall among regional markets.

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