Hotspot while infections in india rise at the fastest pace in asia. Zealandsnks new postvirus recovery. We are joined this hour by the rbnz governor, adrian or. Orr. Haidi lets take a quick look at markets. We saw that exuberance over the Moderna Vaccine progress really dissipate quickly. We saw the late session swing when it comes to trading in the u. S. As it has concerns over the efficacy data from moderna causing some concern. Take a look at the futures in asia. We are seeing downside when it comes to futures trading in japan, australia, and hong kong, although we are looking at a little bit more of a positive open when it comes to trading on the mainland, and just also keeping an eye when it comes to Energy Markets as well given that we are starting to see backwardation between that june and july contract for the wti, suggesting some of the storage issues have started to ease. Lets take a deeper look at the markets. Investors are increasingly debating whether the broader stock mar
Rates. Not want negative the bank of englands own debate with subzero policy continues. Andrew bailey testifies today as the u. K. Chancellor sees a recession unprecedented in scale. 6 00 a. M. In london, 9 00 a. M. In dubai. The global debate on negative rates. Rbnz thatt was the shifted the dial in terms of monetary policy. Only thing i learned is steven major comes and gives me one phrase which is, what the aussies and the kiwis do, bets the global agenda or pushes back on negative rates. I think it will be interesting to see where the fed would be with the ecb. Their rhetoric is shifting further away from the and irp domain nirp domain. Lets see what happens with the bank of england. Nejra you love that phrase and i do remember it well. Absolutely saying that negative rates have got to jump the hurdles. When we heard from powell yesterday as well, where the focus was much more from the take away with him not being so gung ho about talking about fiscal the way he was in the past but
Investors should prepare for this. What does this mean for the pound, which has been stuck in a range, and for u. K. Stoxx at large . As far as the pound is concerned, the rally you have had reflected a significant reduction in the risk of a no deal brexit, so for the time being that seems to be off the table. We are stuck a bit around 1. 30. We need to know where we are going, and until we get past the election and have a sense of what the majority is, it is impossible to have any assessment about the direction of the pound. We are neutral because we think there is far too much uncertainty and too many permutations to take a significant view. As far as u. K. Equities are concerned, it is an inverse relationship between u. K. Equities and sterling, so when sterling weekends, u. K. Equities outperform. From that point of view, if we get a path that moves us toward a softer brexit or no brexit, that should be good for the pound but worse for the u. K. Equities. Dan morris and Stephanie K
Back on washington demands for enforcement. New details on the Alibaba Hong Kong ipo, offering shares at 188 hong kong apiece. In on lets check australian markets. We are seeing a slight gain for the asx 200, gaining 2 10 of 1 according to what i am seeing, pricing on the terminal right now, aussie shares set for second weekly advance, so a mixed picture. However, when the rest of asian central, stocks under pressure, kiwi stocks nudging higher, flipping up the board to check in on the kiwi dollar Holding Steady, not moving much as we hear from the rbnz governor this morning and he said despite a pickup in the economy, they are looking at pmi data hinting at that with growth returning in october, making for the highest reading this april. The kiwi dollar set for a weekly gain after the midweek surge and on a surprise hold right there. We have the yen Holding Steady after the biggest jump in a month right there. Lets get first word news with jessica summers. Jessica thanks, sophie. Fed
Official approval. Speaksstanleys boss exclusively to bloomberg, warning the fed against cutting rates. Ive supported the latest fed rate cut and i suspect they will do one or two more. But then it is time for a pause. Shery more from that exclusive interview with james gorman ahead. Plus in Bloomberg Technology global link, aps incremental tweaks to the iphone lineup. We will ask if that is enough to lure buyers. Thats get you a quick check of how the markets closed in the u. S. A bit of a rocky session for markets. Gains and losses but throughout the session getting a bit of a boost. The dow up three tents of 1 . The s p 500 unchanged. Media reports talk about chinese purchases of u. S. Agricultural goods. Greato have not so optimism when it came to bail trade negotiations and those concerns wait on tech stocks with the nasdaq unchanged. We have Energy Stocks higher with oil fluctuating after the National Security advisor was let go from the white house. Lets get you started with a q