The governor of texas warns of a massive outbreak. The imf adds to the gloom, further lowering its Growth Outlook, saying the pandemic will cause even more damage than first feared. Haidi that lead really playing into the downside we are expecting in the asian market session. Lets get it over to Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong for a look at what we are expecting. Board, pulling up the asian futures pointing to losses of 1 or more amid the imf. Warnings of a deeper recession with japan and the Growth Outlook taking a hit. 1. 2 in theup by red this morning. A down day with trade disruptions back on the table alongside virus risks. Flipping the board, we are seeing bonds on the advance. Aussie tenure yields off by four basis points. Treasury futures to the upside after the overnight flattening we saw in cash yields as the bond market is signaling a more cautious outlook than we have seen in stocks. Check out the dollar extending gains against g10 peers with increasing u. S. Trade tensions
Second straight quarter. It flames Week International demand and investment in ecommerce. Shery this hour brings another snapshot of the japanese economy. Trade data may show the deficit balloon in november. First, lets get you to the market action. Australia has come online. Sophie aussie shares opening, a little change to the upside with the benchmark twopoint shot of a fresh record. The aussie dollar Holding Losses after the rba reinforced the inw for its rba rate cut february. Pricing at a 59 chance. Thailand rates decision. Expect it to stay steady as it is stabilizing. We also waiting on japans november trade data later this morning. Nikkei futures pointing lower ahead of that. Overall, looking like a soft start of the session after asian shares closed at a high, with fresh eyes across the region including india. Right. L ll lets check in with the first word news with jessica summers. Jessica sterling slumped the most since january as fx traders gave a thumbs down to Boris Johnso
Joy for amazon after poorly profit falls for the first time in more than two years. Shery mike pence sends messages of support to hong kong protesters. Check of theuick markets. Australia has open. Sophie . Sophie we are headed for mixed start with aussie stocks nudging higher by. 1 . Set 45th day of gains. Looking for the 6700 level. Those companies have reported with more due today. We are watching Samsung Electronics on the vice chairmans retrials for his bribery case. The south korean government is announcing this morning at the country will give up its withoping nations status the wto. Checking in on aussie bonds. The 10 year yield a creeping back toward 1 . Pimco snapping up australian state debt. Of the as speculation are present and rba have to follow the fed and have quantitative easing. Euro, slipping to a oneweek low. Advance. Ed its early pmi, split, on the thought of whether a boost in the pound would result from brexit. Shery we have breaking news. Budweiser brewing for a
Reinforce a sobering message. Bloomberg technologys says apples new iphone features equipment that is best in class. We are seeing u. S. Futures under pressure, down. 1 present. 1 . Make a comeback after dropping about 1 as we services readings. It managed to bounce back. Investors bet more said action will be needed. We have the 10 year yield falling for a sixth consecutive session and headed towards 1. 5 . Contact leslie gains with the nasdaq gaining more than 1 . Sophie. Sophie futures are looking mixed as the regional benchmark is set for a third weekly loss. In tokyo, we are watching for reaction to reports that the u. S. Japan trade deal will take effect on january 1. President moon is to meet with the chiefs of four business lobby groups. He will meet with investors to explain the state of the economy. Switching the board to check in on bonds this morning, we have aussie 10 year yield slipping below 90 basis points, and the kiwi 10 year yield is below one percent this morning. A
Good. The uncertainty around the talks casts new doubt on growth. Robert kaplan says he is not sure the u. S. Economy can severe downturn. They see a power play to a new brexit deal. Gilts shery jump. Shery lets get you gilts jump. Gaining. 25futures percent after positive comments coming from President Trump on trade talks between the u. S. And china. Themism was already felt in regular session with the s p 500 closing. 6 higher. We had banks and automakers leading the gains. It did not hurt that we got u. S. Cpi members below expectations this morning, doing little to discourage Market Expectations that we could be more fed easing. The best performer on the markets today was the Energy Sector as we had wti rebounding from a two month low, gaining the most in three weeks after the secretarygeneral came out and said its members and allies, including russia, would do whatever it takes to avoid another oil slump. Lets see how markets are trading in asia. Sophie australian markets are ope