A new flu strain in china is seen as another potential pandemic. Investors dont seem to care. U. S. Markets close out their best quarter since 1998 with the s p 500 up 20 . Gold trading near 1800. Picture when split it comes to these gains we are seeing across equities and the continued gains we are expecting to see in asia. Havens still seeing those gains as well. Above 1800 for the First Time Since 2011. This is what we are setting up for in terms of the first day of the new quarter. Up by 1 10 of 1 as we get some analysis later of those numbers. Atwell as dollaryen trading 10 75. A little bit of Dollar Strength at play. Weakness when it comes to trading in the aussie dollar despite the jump above 69 u. S. Dollars from the back of those better than expected u. S. Pmi numbers. We are continuing to watch out for Market Reaction as to the geopolitical headlines to do with hong kong. Right. Lets turn to the city marking 23 years of chinese rule with the president signing a Landmark Secur
Company. Elon musk returns to twitter to taunt his critics. And washington approved sanctions on china over hong kong as a Top White House adviser says the u. S. Is increasingly unhappy. New trade restrictions could be on the way. Lets look at how we are setting up in asia for that final trading session of the week. To trackstocks are set wall street as we assess the latest job numbers from the u. S. We did see some sluggish data indicating the pace for hiring maybe cooling as the virus spreads. Just keeping an eye on that. Ae index could be headed for weekly gain that could massively sway sentiment. We have retail sales to from singapore and Inflation Numbers from thailand, along with a pmi reading from china. Overall, we are set to end the week higher after thursdays event. Settledg futures have lower after the index cap the biggest rise in three months, let higher by property names and chinese brokers rallied as well. Financial markets have been resilient in the face of with the ruc
Suggest a post virus recovery. Highest andsides smart and Mark Zuckerberg toends the response controversial president ial tweets but his unstaffed is not agree. But his own staff does not agree. To shrug offng tensions on the streets, curfews being applied in major cities. We are seeing asia heading into the wednesday session looking likely to extend the basking in the globe we saw overnight. We have nikkei futures in australia as well as in hong kong, all pointing to a positive start to trade. The dollar fell overnight, the yen also slunk leading to some positivity out of trading. The rckiwi pair trading at its highest since october, really an indication as we see these outperform, investors feeling risk on despite gdp numbers that could show the first technical recession we are headed into in about 30 years. Pretty flattrading after seven consecutive days of gains. Americans are bracing for another night of unrest. Cities have extended their curfews. Trumpile, president feeling embat
The National Guard is ordered out of washington as people protest continues. Lets check on the markets. Saw ong those gains we friday, resuming the rally on better than expected jobs numbers from that job support. We are seeing new zealand trading higher. Bouncing back from the friday selloff. Sidney, we dont have trading today due to the queens birthday, long weekend. We are watching the aussie dollar. In terms of u. S. Futures, we have seen a pop up of about 0. 5 . Lets look at the oil patch. We had the extension by opec in the alliance. We are seeing upside when it comes to crude, up by 1. 6 . New york crude just over 40 a barrel. Continued gains when it comes to commodity commodities related currencies. Sophie protests continue across the u. S. And around the world as some of the largest crowds gathered over the weekend. The demonstrations have been largely peaceful. Cities have lifted curfews and President Trump has ordered the National Guard out of washington. A bloomberg editor
Asia braces for a second wave. This hour brings the latest check on the japanese economy, we await gdp Growth Numbers in a quarter dominated by the outbreak. Lets take a look at markets as we set up the trading session. We are seeing this with u. S. Futures. Backandforth between washington and beijing really dominating our can sentiment at the moment. Seeing new zealand trading on , as new zealand moves out of the restrictions. Positive upside,. 6 higher for australia futures going into the start of trading today. We are watching the yen, which has been seeing strength. Looking at positioning by money positionsnet long yen are being extended. There could be further upside with the japanese currency. Seeing upside continue with wti. Gains ineen the recent oil, shery. Shery we see more economies reopen and we are hearing from apple. They are saying nearly 100 stores globally have opened their doors again. Are refining it doesnt mean stores will not be shot if needed. Apple saying the sto