Lets go to kailey leinz. What ist to talk about leading todays session. It is big tech names like apple. Of course, they are heavy, seen insulated from any kind of virus resurgence. What is second to tech come underneath the surface of the s p, is utilities. Usually we see utilities getting a boost from lower yields that are kind of high dividend stocks. More the story is that it is summertime and things are starting to get hot. We are expecting temperatures over 100 and some parts of the american west. That is good for electricity companies, the likes of dominion higher between 2 and 5 . Stayathome Companies Like wayfair, a big beneficiary over the course of the pandemic. Other big beneficiaries have been range resources and of course oil companies. Wey are up around 200 as have seen oil recover from the negative pricings we saw a few months ago. Moderna as well. Really big news we have seen. We have also seen dramatic moves in the bond market. We have the fed coming in with unprecede
Across the americas. The spread is unacceptable. South korea braces for a second wave. Lenders are backing away. Bank of considering cutting a credit line, writing off its and calling it quits. We are just getting some indications, early indications of the economic rebound in australia. The cva australia pmi manufacturing preliminary number for june bouncing back. Just in contractionary territory but certainly much better than the 44 from the previous reading. The Services Number also much better i we get parts of the Services Economy reopening after the restrictions coming in at 53. 2. The previous reading was 26. 9. That composite number for june, 52 point six. 28. 1 and out of contractionary territory. That is a preliminary reading but things looking a bit more positive. Also looking positive for asian markets, lets get over to Sophie Kamaruddin for a look. Futures are in the green with s p eminis and he restocks resuming gains while the aussie dollar remaining on the on foot at the
Planning to sell bonds and admitting gdp targets this year stemming from uncertainties due to the Global Pandemic. Ourinda lets get to markets, anger markets coanchor Tom Mackenzie in the forbidden city. China dropped its gdp target for the First Time Since 1994. That is significant. Tom it is. Our bloomberg sources expected they would do this, but the economists werent entirely sure. They have dropped the gdp target completely, facing up to the economic reality. This was the result of the coronavirus. You saw First Quarter gdp in china drop. Surveys suggest you will get 1. 8 growth for 2020. They are giving themselves space to react to this virus and put a floor under Growth Without tying themselves in knots over an artificially high gdp. High gdp target. Stimulus was a focus for investors. You got that line about the special government bonds quoted at being raised to 3. 7 5 trillion yuan. Alsoeficit target as well when you think about stimulus, you want to think about the deficit tar
Crude posting its longest winning streak in a year. Opec cuts may be draining the blood. And top fed officials weigh in on negative rates, saying such a move is not on the agenda for the foreseeable future. Shery lets get to a quick check of the markets. We are seeing u. S. Futures holding steady, after we saw the s p 500 fall on rising u. S. China tensions that we saw in the regular session. The s p 500 fell eight tense of 1 . Technology and utility also leading the losses. We have heard from china responding to act as asians from President Trump warning that responding to comments from President Trump warning that nasdaq sides biggest composite fall in more than a week. We also have some abysmal Economic Data. Millions of americans claiming jobless benefits. We are seeing wti under pressure, but still above the 33 a barrel level. This after sessions of gains. We are talking about the longest winning streak in more than a year. Haidi and really that crude story may be a bright spot as
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