Colleges are told to offload holdings of mainland companies. Australia signs a deal to make any covid19 vaccine for all. The government will distribute should it prove successful. More vaccine optimism playing out in australia. Lets look at how we are shaping up in terms of the u. S. Future session. Another renewed push of momentum in u. S. Markets overnight, hitting the record, propelled again by the same names. Also betterthanexpected u. S. Housing data. 2016 helping out sentiment, as well. We have positivity when it comes to the active futures trading at the moment. The nikkei 225 trading in chicago, looking flat at the moment ahead of a trade balance numbers, as well as machinery orders. We do have the topix, best performer in terms of Global Markets so far in this month of august. We are looking at broad weakness when it comes to the u. S. Dollar. The dollar sinking to his lowest levels since may of 2018. Im worried about the u. S. Economy with yet no relief package, stimulus pack
We are also watching currency, the dollar has been the big story this week. The euro as well as its counterpart. We are taking a pause from the rally after the ecb, but if we see a gain today, that would take that streak for the longest in 16 years of nine days straight. So far it is flat. Flirting withlar . 70 for the first time this year. The dollar weakening across the board with the exception of the yen. Dollaryen, and offshore hovering. We are watching the bond markets as well. The mliv question is, the yields we are seeing, will they disrupt the equity rally . The u. S. 10 year after the u. S. Jobless numbers that fell again, treasuries ing the worst brent slipping after they did extend cuts after a breakthrough with iraq. Tom the European Central bank did put its money where its mouth is, announcing a bigger than expected increase in emergency bond buying, responding to what it calls the unprecedented contraction in the euro area economy. Kathleen hays has the story. What is dri
Crudeng with oil, wti ps more than 100 to 1. 5 a barrel. Negative for the first time, june delivery contract, 21 a barrel. President trump says he will suspend immigration to the u. S. Over virus concerns as some states look to end the lockdown, plus u. S. Officials learned kim jongun was in Critical Condition following Cardiovascular Surgery last week. Washington is seeking clarity on the north Korean Leaders health. Just under an hour where from the start of cash equities trade. Lets look at futures after markets went negative with the plunging oil prices. You can see european futures now, down about 1. 5 to 2 . U. S. Futures, the cash trade close lower in new york yesterday so u. S. Futures are down a little less than european futures, but we are still seeing dow futures down two thirds of 1 . European equity markets on the oil price, some geopolitical news out of the korean peninsula, as well and perhaps a little focus on the data coming through. U. K. Data on joblessness coming th
Measured by the pboc. Rate cut by 10. All helping to cushion the Economic Impact of the virus. Down almost 1 . Bucking the trend. But stake a look at where we are in terms of asian stocks. They say this is not a reflection. Rishaad 15 down for new york crude. Nevertheless, we have seen that severe weakness. Gold not much of a haven. Lets have a look at what we can expect from indian markets. The rupee strengthening by 6 10 of 1 . Haslinda the r. B. I. Laying the ground for more rate cuts. President trump has suggested china may have deliberately caused the pandemic. China hit back, accusing washington of trying to shirk responsibility of its own failures. Another ratcheting up of tension over the handling of the virus. That is right. To accuse china of deliberately starting the coronavirus is remarkable. Many would describe as a borderline conspiracy theory. The in the views of minority of people. Now he is saying that maybe china started it. Being knowingly responsible. He said there
To rise. S continue the u. S. Now topping one million american deaths, now surpassing the total suffered in the vietnam war. President trumps top infection expert says the virus is not truly going to go away. Anthony warns any reopening of the economy must be prudent. Breaking news out of south korea right now. We are getting march Industrial Production numbers. When it comes to the month on month figure, a gain of 4. 6 . This was a much bigger than gain then was expected, reversing two months of declines. When it comes to the year on your number for Industrial Production, it is a gross search of 7. 1 percent again. The expectation was at was for a contraction. We have seen the south korean economy really battling the coronavirus pandemic. We had seen First Quarter gdp sinking seeing the biggest drop since the financial crisis back in 2008. It seems that we have a little bit more optimism when it comes to the Industrial Production side of things. We are going to get samsungs final earn