We have an exclusive interview. In hong kong the government is again rejecting calls for universal suffrage for the chief executive here. This as anger bubbled back on the streets of hong kong. Shery australian markets have just opened to trade. Lets turn to sophie for a check of what she is watching. Sophie we are seeing stocks gaining ground,. 1 with the stock market looking overheated and valuations and records. The latest, investors buying into the aussie stock rally. Environmental risk around the earnings estimates. Futures looking mixed. It is opening slightly lower, this nikkei futures under pressure ahead of japanese industrial output we will get later this morning along with taiwanese export numbers and jobless figures from hong kong. We are seeing new york crude. 1 , asground over investors consider the potential impact from the auction health in libya and iraq. Said this is a policy delay disruption and there could be a quick turnaround if there is a political solution. Liby
Results as leadership speculation swirls. Lets look at how we are positioned on the markets. Australia, looking like a flat open. Moved loweres have on that news from apple. Nikkei futures off about a fifth of 1 . New zealand has been trading for about an hour now. Ospi futures the latest company to announce fallout from the coronavirus. Joining us, mark gurman. Background into this announcement. Apples second revenue adjustment to years in a row. This time it also has to do with china but for a different reason , coronavirus. Billion for the march quarter. They are not saying what the new Revenue Target is. It is very clear that this is happening an impact on them. Sales in china are down dramatically. Two stores, most of which have been closed in february. China is the third biggest market. Second, the iphone is temporarily constrained, meaning they are producing less and selling less in the quarter. Andiphone makes between 50 60 of the revenues depending on which quarter you are loo
Protests take their toll. Shery china continues to push the liberalized market with a more flexible loan. Japan and south korea have come online. Lets get straight market action. Offie the nikkei 225 is. 3 . Best court of the again since 2016. Asian stocks are drifting toward the year end. We are digesting the latest figures. We are going to be getting hong kong trade numbers. Taking a look at was going on in sydney. We are seeing shares snap a threeyear game. Paul lets get you uptodate with the first word news. Wildfires in australia are expected to get worse this year week amid rising temperatures. 122 millions of million acres of land have burned. Nine People Killed and over 950 homes destroyed. Scott morrison says that firefighters battling the fires in New South Wales will be compensated. This is putting additional demands on our firefighters in particular. It means the turnouts and the callouts have been far more extensive than in previous years. This is beyond and above what is
Nasdaq above 9000 for the first time. Ry lets get used to lets get you started with a quick check of how markets closed. It was a holiday shortened week, but we saw some markets adding to those gains, those record highs, so the s p 500 was led higher by consumer companies. Nordstrom, macys, jcpenney all advancing. Not to mention u. S. Jobless claims fell to a threeweek low. Today the biggest gainer after saying this Holiday Season was recordbreaking. That surpassed and closed above 9000 for the first time, but usp stocks under u. S. Stocks under a little pressure at the moment. Lets turn to sophie for what to watch. Sophie that post christmas lull. Low japanese futures nudging higher. Some green chips could top this, which snapped an eightday drop. In tokyo, we watch for reaction to a report that the president of three Japan Companies will step down following scandals in the insurance unit. We are also keeping an eye on retailers across the region after amazon reported a recordbreaking
Consumer prices beat forecasts. Shery shinzo abe faces yearend pressure. His popularity is sinking to its lowest in more than a year. Japan is coming online alongside the south korea as well. Lets get straight to the Market Action with sophie. Sophie. Sophie we are in the final stretch of 2019. Japanese stocks did manage to pull through on thursday. The topix with an eight day drop. The topix hitting ground along with the nikkei 225. Today, stocks are trading exdividend today. Lets check in on the open in seoul. We are seeing downside moves for the kospi. We will see what the index can crack 2200 points. Switching it now to check in on the mood in sydney, the asx 200 gaining some ground with gold miners among the biggest advancers. Resolute leading the pack, jumping 7. 5 percent earlier with spot gold on course for the best year since 2010. Jumping into the terminal, that momentum could make for a solid 2020 for gold as traders make attempts to carve out a higher trading range after bu