We take a look at their global ambition. This is Bloomberg Markets asia. Rishaad looking positive out there, just seeing whats going on. It does seem as though chinese equity markets could be in for a positive year. The first trading date for the chinese new year, its positive. It leads to a positive year to follow. Look out for that one. Haidi astrology might be as good as any other indicator, technical or otherwise, to engage sentiment. The dollar off to a good start. We are 30 minutes out from the market start. Not much of a lead from wall street, just finishing in positive territory for the benchmark there. But the selloff suggesting we are when it comes to sentiment on higher inflation. Singapore, taiwan, and malaysia just coming online. Asian stocks set to end the week on a positive note as investors debate the impact of rising bond yields and direction of inflation. Stephen mnuchin offering more comments. Did a highlight this morning was japans latest inflation reads. It posted
Im wilfred frost. The longest winning streak for the dow and s p since february. The dow up about 0. 2 as is the nasdaq, the s p just behind that. Materials and utilities leading the gains while telecomes and financials the worst performers. Intuit, mattel and nrg Energy Better than expected earnings. Dupont is leading the dow on news there are changes to the dow dupont post merger plan. And ge around session lows following the presentation by the ceo jeff immelt, worried about the neglect it tiative im an accounting change. Here is what else is happening this hour. Five House Democrats are asking Deutsche Bank for information on president trumps alleged russian tries. Maxine waters and four others on the House Financial Services Committee Want to see any information the german bank may have on dealings the Trump Administration had with it. The nba says it will play the 2019 allstar game in charlotte, north carolina. This comes after the league moved this years game away to protest. An
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