Trade. You had that comment from president frump saying that trade talks between the u. S. And china had already started but also lines from the Trump Administration suggesting that theyre looking at additional tariffs on european good, so a little bit more concern than there was yesterday on the trade front, maybe being reflecked in south korea, for example , were all looking at some of the different indexes in terms of the regions. He filipino possesso is down you saw a bit of a pickup in the 10year u. S. Treasuries and maybe some weakness in those u. S. Futures. The s p 500 hit a record yesterday. The termal chart is announcement versus fenses cyclicals. As this terminal shows, there is still a premium in terms to have defenses over sickly calls and that has endured even after the fast ball crisis, highlight build the red bar, 20082009 so maybe putting some question marks over the desire to get into cyclicals given the premium that defensive still have. That is something investors c
announces 6 billion euros for tsmc.d apple good morning. just under an hour away from the start of the cash equity trading day. let s have a look at what the futures are telling us about what that they might look like. we are expecting to see a bounce at the start of the trading day. we ve had a briefing from the chinese around coronavirus. the fact that we are getting regular briefings, there is a level of urgency in the program that has been brought into play. a lot of contrasts drawn with sars. that has given relief to markets. , more risk onrner than we were yesterday. u.s. futures pointing to the upside. movements on u.s. futures, a similar dynamic going on. let s have a look at the dmm and what we have in terms of the latest market moves. the hong kong market bouncing. the csi 300 bouncing in china. that press briefing from the chinese was really changing minds in the short-term. we are waiting to see how serious this becomes, this news flow surrounding coronavirus. the
All the way back to 2010. Trace for you to indicate what levels we are watching. Peak to bottom, 65. 80 for the price of brent is what we are seeing. That is essentially the look at brent price. The other thing i want to point out is yes, we are seeing this ems. Oss gx at what point does this start to hurt . Oilnt expensive threatening the emerging markets rally. Collation will hold, but at some point, that will get too expensive. Is it that 80, maybe. Your 20 year average on your corelation, we are above that level,. 23. Of things to talk about, oil, equity, pullback across the asian pacific. Lets get you your first word news with paul allen. Paul irans political guard says the antiestablishment protests across the country are all but over. State news showed progovernment rallies saying sedition is ended. They gave no evidence to support the claim. At least 20 have been killed in protests over the past week and almost 1000 arrested. Further signsng of strength as the latest reading of
Rishaad just looking at what is going on, you would think asian equities would be expensive relative to the u. S. They beat the s p 500. I want to bring up this chart. If anything, pricetobook ratio, and forward asiatoearnings spreads, stocks looking more attractive compared to u. S. Counterparts. Those spreads have widened to four. Nus there we have it. The rally could have legs. Fascinating its not just a more by you, but getting cheaper. Have not seen the political dysfunction in Washington Play out when it comes to the markets , and some jitters in the asian session. The last time we had a the lastt shutdown, three times, the s p 500 gained. Three, so wen day not just asian equities, but in the u. S. As well. Decisionsnk dominating the agenda, as well as u. S. Gdp. Sophie kamaruddin joining us now. Jitters. E do have asian stocks kicking off the session subdued. Japanese stocks are slipping as the boj policy decision is due tuesday. Lets check the open. We do have the taiex gaining
Wednesdays drop, lower. 6 , back below 28,000 level. Seng, moving the hang telcos leading the drop down over 5 . China mobile leading the lag. Financials also on the back foot. Consumer staples gaining over 1 . Real estate slightly higher by. 1 , property stocks on a tear of late. A rally in developers after Morgan Stanley and city boosted forecast. Lets look at the banking stocks in hong kong. Given the slight losses, the big four beating estimates, but a mixed bag when it comes to investor reaction. Falling almost 2 this morning. Earnings watch for sunac. It did jump 10 ahead of results. Galaxy entertainment writing after profit beat. We are also keeping and i on Cosco Shipping after return to the black in the first half. When you look at the rundown for energy, the likes of jumping over 10 . , this stockut jumping the most ins january 2016, leading gains on the hang seng so far today. On the other side, laggards down over 2 this morning, dropping after its results. A last look at th