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
The month of kicking off with a rally. Another record high, 29th record close of the year. The dow industrials up 236 points at the close yesterday. Tracking isaias. Downgraded as Tropical Storm after making landfall in North Carolina. We will take a look at the storms path this morning. President trump boosting health care in rural areas. The President Trump expanding Telehealth Services as the coronavirus spreads beyond big cities. Health and human secretary alex azar will join me live at 7 30 a. M. Eastern. 25 years ago i made debut on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Today a look back at key moments from my time reporting there and the honor of marking the anniversary by ringing the opening bell. Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria Global Markets are mixed. Ftse 100 up 1 and a half points. Dax index is lower by 42 points. Uk federal government looking to boost economy by invests 1. 7 billion in building projects. In asia overnight. Green across the board. Take a l
Americas top Infectious Diseases expert says he is confident we will have a vaccine by the end of the year as infections slow and california and arizona, but florida reports record deaths. Secretary of state mike pompeo praises australia for standing up to china as the traditional allies strengthen defense ties. Shery thats get a quick check of how markets are trading at the moment. U. S. Futures opening to the upside, point 1 , this as stocks fell. We had traders assessing corporate earnings, not to mention contentious negotiations on a legal stimulus package. We have the s p 500 nearly raising money. We had traditional sectors gaining grounds. Real estate, utilities performing while energy declines. We had worse than expected results from a few companies 3m. Uding mcdonalds and the nasdaq composite also lost more than 1 . Tomorrow is the big antitrust showdown. We have the big tech giants including jeff bezos and Mark Zuckerberg testifying, so we will be watching that closely. Take a
What is affecting the markets, especially when it comes to economic concerns. Lets see how markets are shaping up for the asian session. We are joined from hong kong. Isshery, the spreading japan off for the long weekend, which was to mark the start of the tokyo olympics. We are seeing futures for asia pointing to losses. We will be watching to see if those concerns around the u. S. Tech rally will weigh in the region, what the nasdaq looking bubbly. We are also looking to the aussie dollar, holding declines below 71. Is trading atlar the highest level since april 2019 throughout this choppy week. Pulling up the terminal, the asiana is tracking towards 77 after a four month decline, but it has not been able to track to that level yet. Increased option activity this week could lead the way for more gains for this currency pair. In hong kong dollar and offshore yuan options. Yuane seeing offshore taking a breather after a twoday advance. Traders dont seem to be expecting too much Materia
Wave. S fears of a second the u. S. Seeing 16,000 cases a day. Hong kong in the third wave right now. All youll futures elevated. You are seeing a risk off move today. Focus on the chinese story. We are seeing a down day even when it comes to chinese stocks. We will see how this plays out. Lower by 6 10 of 1 for the shanghai composite. Asia had their best Weekly Performance in five years. The csi 300 large caps, ada percent of the index has been overbought. Thats the highest on record. We are seeing profittaking here today. Shenzhen, more of that robustness. The most overbought on record. That is still going higher by 1 today. It seems like the bond market is at mercy with this rally as well. Bonds at 306 right now. Yields falling. Bnp paribas saying that 10 year yield could rise to 3. 4 . We are watching other markets as well. Hong kong is a focus today. We saw a Record Number of local virus cases, the most since the pandemic began. They tightened distancing rose again. 150 points low