Patriotic. Vaccine is on to find a amid warnings of a greater resurgence to come. Haidi pretty mixed midweek outlook when it comes to trading here in asia and for the first time in a while, we have seen equity markets kind of take a step back in terms of not headlines. A great deal of activities and commodities. Lets take a check of futures. Contracts trading higher after we saw a lack of conviction in u. S. Markets as we get concerns that perhaps this fourth round of fiscal stimulus will not be forthcoming. We are hearing the republicans are in the midst of crafting their own proposal to take to the democrats and we also heard from President Trump as he resumed his virus presser, encouraging americans to wear patrioticart of a duty. Over in japan, we are seeing outside of point 3 when it comes to trading for nikkei futures in chicago. More earnings on tap along with japanese pmi readings as well. Take a look at gold and soldiers. Pretty much flat at the moment, jumping close to a nine
Companies listed in new york. Tiktok remains a major stumbling block. Uber delivers, but not where we might have expected. Food shipments top ridehailing for the first time as the decade of unchecked growth hits the brakes. Haidi lets kick it off with a check of the markets. U. S. Stocks are surging, pushing higher as hopes of a stimulus to deal in congress will be imminent as President Trump says if nodeal is forthcoming, he could take action himself. The are seeing s p futures looking flat at the moment after the s p 500 pushed its fifth straight positive session overnight. Chicago nikkei futures also pretty flat at the moment ahead of the holidays kicking off next week so as you expect, we are seeing traders shifting their holdings and also assessing a flood of earnings. The aussie dollar holding that threeday again before the rba Quarterly Monetary Policy forecast. That report due out this hour. 72. 33. We heard from phil evans in the previous hour saying he sees putting clear road
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600,000. Los angeles is facing a new lockdown. Tokyo and hong kong reporting record numbers. Australia is set to deliver a new budget, may be the biggest blowout since world war ii. Lets take a look at how we are setting up when it comes to markets. Ures this is how it is shaping up when it comes to the future contracts. A Third Straight week of gains when it comes to the s p, managing to withstand the lakesession latesession wound. Slow but steady rotation away from growth in tech. Much more going into value. Futures are up by about 0. 1 . Positivity when it comes to the trading in tokyo, just about 0. 2 higher. Chicago nikkei futures are higher, all eyes on whats going on in brussels with now three days of negotiations in the eu to reach this agreement on the stimulus package and hand out details. We are hearing details, including that the netherlands and austria remain the strongest holdouts in the eu recovery talks. A bit of anxiety playing through when it comes to the eurodollar t
H shares in now and hong kong up by. 5 . Pretty marginal gains here in the last half hour or so with it brings us near the top of the 2015 bubble. On the other of the argument hsbc is cutting china to neutral f this rally. Something to keep in mind as we take a breather here from the exuberance weve seen in chinese stocks. One more thing were watching is the hong kong dollar. Now 15. 7 billion hong kong has been injected into the system there. Solid that pair and the renminbi with a six handle for the First Time Since march. The strength of the renminbi certainly helping the equity markets as well. And gold still holding. Some breaking news from sri lanka, the federal bank cutting its lending rate to 5. 5 . Its a big cut, a 100 basis point cut bigger than expected. Economy expanding at a pace of 3. 8 in 2021. Much bigger than anticipated. Lets dig deeper into the ofkets and bring in ahead forpacific thank you joining us. Lets talk about china. Its going gangbusters in the last seven da