And infections surge around the world with outbreaks and 65 countries. Withe a 50 jump in cases 34 people know dead. Well, what a day. Take a look at markets right now. Lets start with bonds. Were going to take a look at the aussie three year, hitting a record low at. 35 . The aussie 10 year, pretty weak. The new zealand 10 year also slipping. Were seeing yields on bonds falling to levels previously unseen. Barrel. Ude 49 a wti is below 45 a barrel. Lets check in on currencies. Dollargot the kiwi trading like this. Coming in betterthanexpected , 2. 6 . But this predates the coronaVirus Outbreak. Weve seen exports rise in new zealand to 1. 7 . The yen was a big mover, strengthening 3 against the u. S. Dollar. That trend looking to continue. A 54ussie dollar has handle, and that happened after we got those absolutely shocking pmi numbers out of china for february. So, hows that setting us up for Equities Trading around the region today . New zealand up and running and off 3. 2 . We have
Of protestive months in hong kong put the country and financial recession. Shery u. S. Futures unchanged at the moment after we had the s p 500 lower by. 3 . We had industrials and materials reading declines. Of course, we had concerns over trade negotiations between china and the u. S. , not to mention the weaker than expected manufacturing number and also jobless claims rising more than expected. We did get facebook and apple rising after earnings, and that offset some of the losses we saw across the board, but it still was not enough, so we had the nasdaq falling. 1 and the dow using more than 100 points. Lets see how things are shaping up in asia. Sophie after ending the best futuresnce june, pointing lower, kiwi shares off by. 2 as we wrap up a busy week of ecodata and earnings. Alibaba is to report later today. Data from china and korea will likely signal further economic weakness. A survey of chinese pmi in inober might see a pullback october. Were also going to get a bunch of p
The protest continues for a 21st weekend. We are standing by for Election Results in argentina where the president is under pressure. We will be live in buenos aires for the latest. Paul lets take a look at how we are shaping up for the start of a new trading week. Higher. 1 . Pointing we did of course the u. S. Equity markets finishing in positive territory on friday. Earnings season progressing better than expectations. Nikkei futures trading out of chicago, stronger by. 1 and the kospi looking to be in positive territory. No trading in new zealand. New zealand markets are closed for the labor day public holiday. Lets check in on four times. Su firefighters working to contain blazes. Nearly 200,000 people. Homes in and one winery have burned to the ground. Governor gavin newsom has declared a state of emergency with nearly 3 Million People without power on sunday. The result of argentinas election is respect expected. Facing opposition from alberto fernandez. This is on the backdrop
The big chief opens the door to rate cuts as he announces a new appetite for treasury and insists it is not the return of qe. Shery later in Bloomberg Technology global link, how washingtons latest salvo against chinese tech is the most lethal threat to beijings ai ambitions. Lets get you started with a quick check of the markets. U. S. Future slightly higher at the moment. This after the s p 500 fell for a second consecutive session, down 1. 6 . The dow also lost more than 300 point. Semiconductors taking the biggest hit. They fell the most in about six weeks. Weve had potential retaliation coming from china after the u. S. Blacklisted its tech firms. It was really another rush to safety. We had a treasury rally that sent the 10 year yield towards 1. 5 , the lowest in a month. Haven currencies rallying such as the swiss franc and japanese yen. We have the tech firms taking the biggest hit as well with the nasdaq falling 1. 7 . Lets see how things are shaping up for the asian market. S
Ranking executive to leave amidst the 737 max crisis. Nike names a new ceo. John donahoe will take over next year as the Company Looks to sharpen its technological edge. Shery first, lets get you started with a quick check of the markets. We are continuing to see pressure on u. S. Futures which are down 1 10 of 1 . This after we had the major indices finishing in the red. The s p 500 lost 4 10 of 1 . We had some weakness for the tech sector offsetting the rally we saw in energy companies. Oil jumped after the report of the opec plus discussing their cuts. The dow down to tenths of 1 , while the nasdaq lost 7 10 of 1 . We have uncertainty over what happens with brexit. We had key votes happen in the u. K. Parliament. We will discuss that later in the show. We also have a mixed bag of earnings when it came to those results out of the u. S. 1 5 of s p 500 companies are reporting this week. We have some solid performance out of united technologies, Harley Davidson but also disappointment f