Hour, likely to confirm thirdquarter results that beat forecasts. The first since the patriarch. It may losewarning Legal Protection over user content. Lawmakers accuse platforms of abusing their power for political speech as the election nears. First, lets get you started with a quick check of the markets. Sophie kamaruddin in hong kong. Sophie after the steep losses we saw for u. S. And european stocks, we are looking for a downside move here in asia with earnings also in focus and we have u. S. Futures edging higher early in this session. We do have aussie shares under pressure, off by. 4 this morning. This after the tech lead rebound we saw wednesday looking shortlived. And set under pressure, falling 3 after recording a 42 slump in profit. Those results coming in line with analyst estimates. Check out the aussie dollar holding about 70 but trading near a nine day. It could be in the making the next few days. Metzler about the board to check in on some other assets in focus. We are
United states within the decade. Nancy pelosi says that the house is ready to vote on a potential deal this week and Cocacola Europe is buying a soft drink or soft drink makers operations in australia. 19 premium eight to their last close. Lets have a check of the markets. We will start off with u. S. Futures, currently weaker by about 0. 2 . The cost is up right now but when they lasted they were higher by 0. 2 . Reporting higher a little but by a little more than 0. 25 . Europe as covid cases continue to rise is really weighing on crude at the moment. Continuing to prop up buying for january. Still some downward pressure there. Kathleen chinas leaders gathering in beijing to map out the fiveyear plan. The economic roadmap is expected to center around technological innovation. Mackenzie joins us from beijing with the preview. What should we watch for . They will be meeting here in the Chinese Capital over the next four days. We are expecting to get a bit of a steer in the next few day
Elusive. And suppose he says the house is. Transformed samsung into a global tech giant has died. Paul lets take a look at the markets right now. The asx in australia has just opened for trade at the start of the new week. We do have a staggered open. Pretty hard to get a bead on things. Pretty flat at the moment. We are waiting for cocacola to open on the news of this deal that the European Partners are moving to acquire the Company Valued at 9. 3 billion to underscore some of the consolidation going on. The aussie dollar holding a threeyear gain as the u. S. Stimulus talks continue to drag on. U. S. Futures looking a little weaker as well as nancy pelosi and mark meadows but he might accuse each other of quote, moving the goal post. Nikkei futures are pointing weaker as well. That is going to be a busy earnings week in japan. Starting off with kanaan reporting today with cannon reporting today. Lets start off with china at where the leaders are gathering in beijing to map out the fiv
Successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg this week. The democrats say there is no rush and any decision to wait for the election. Scott larson says he expects a jobs bounceback in australia has covid19 infection start to ease. We will expect the likelihood that victoria reports lower new cases. U. S. Futures under pressure now, down. 2 at the open. This after recite u. S. Stocks falling to a sixweek low last week, the tech selloff intensifies. The s p 500 lost ground for a third consecutive session. Nasdaq flat at the moment after the nasdaq 100 closed below its 50 day moving average. Pressure,crude under after oil has its best week since june. Warningsaudi arabias to opecplus cheaters and shortsellers which helped opec crisis stage a rally last week. Now under a little bit of pressure above the 40 per barrel level as we continue to see the Dollar Strength and in the last session. We do know the dollar has been under a lot of pressure and it is headed for the weakest quarter in a decade. Lets
We are looking ahead to the fed minutes out on wednesday. Lets change the board and look at the currencies and we will check in on some of the commodities. The u. S. Dollar index currently flat. You have the euro gaining just four basis points. A stronger euro over eight straight weeks. That is beneficial for emergingmarket currencies. The yen, 76. Rsus some gains for the aussie versus the safe haven yen. Gold had its first weekly drop since early june. Gold firmly in focus. Down 3 10 of 1 . 42 for wti. Over in the u. S. , 17 basis points on the 10 year. Lets get to the first word news. Good morning south korea is warning of a new mass Coronavirus Infection after reporting its highest number of cases since early march. The latest infections are being linked to a church in seoul. Tokyo confirmed new cases. Young adults in their 20s the largest group, almost 18,000 people are infected in the capital. New data show the japanese economy continuing to stumble amid falling Global Demand and