Several u. S. States report record numbers of cases. States reconsider plans to open. To data inadds australia. Shery lets get started with how u. S. Futures are kicking off trading. We are seeing them down. 1 after u. S. Stocks ended in positive territory but off session highs. We have speculation congress will seek additional stimulus. We also have some positive manufacturing data, although not in expansion territory as of yet. The s p 500 finished at the highest level in almost two weeks. Consumer discretionary and tech lead the gains, and the nasdaq composite again finishing at an alltime high. Eight sessions of gains boosted by apple and amazon as well. The dollar declined among most g10 are his. We did get that positive economic data. Improvements not only in the u. S. But also the euro area. Take a look at what oil is doing at the moment. We are seeing wti falling toward 40 a barrel, under pressure right now, really falling from that threemonth high ahead of a release of a key u
Several areas we consider planes to reopen. Optimistic. Emains treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin says he expects the session to end this year with another Stimulus Program in the pipeline. Paul we are about an hour away from the open here in australia and tokyo. Lets get a check on what we can expect for the new trading day with sophie in hong kong. Sophie asian stocks looking at a muted start this wednesday. This after we sell stock gains fade into the close. Check out what is going on with qe markets. The qe dollar is trading ahead of the rbnz decision. In the bond space, we are seeing five basis points this morning. The central bank of new zealand seen holding pat. That is one of the items on the agenda we are watching with market very much in wait and see mode. Plenty of firepower being amassed in deal space the latest news of kp are having pulled together 10 million. Lets jump into the turn will. The terminal. We could be seeing positive mental for asian stocks. As you can see on
India italy locking down the whole country. Lets get straight over to the markets now, we are joined by Sarah Ponczek. One of the one of the highlights . Helling say the the selling has not stopped. Saw a limitafter we down in futures yesterday, we and at the same time we have new zealand coming on, getting closer and closer, well below the 200 Day Moving Average which served as support earlier on. At the same time, we have seen dollaryen moving closer and now the yen is trading at the highest level. Prior to the president ial election in the United States, and also, the vti crude oil extending losses again after the worst day since the 1991 we have seen absolutely massive moves. Day, we didf the close down 7. 6 and if you look at the different barometers, we have seen massive moves. The average move over the last eight trading days has been 3. 7 , that is the largest going back to 2008, so to put into context the amount of volatility we have seen, the vix also at [indiscernible] lets
The big day is here in the United States. Super tuesday. Can joe biden continue challenging Bernie Sanders . Will Michael Bloomberg or Elizabeth Warren claim their first date . First, more first state . First, more coronavirus cases in the u. S. Two employees in china contracted the virus, or cases in south korea, iran. The fed jumping in but u. S. Stocks still tumbling. What are you watching ahead of the open . Paul the u. S. Reaction really setting us up for wednesday. New zealand, already open and already weaker by half of 1 . Up day on monday no, a big update on tuesday, a down day on monday. Futures here in sydney are off by 1. 3 . The market up by almost three quarters of 1 yesterday. Nikkei futures pointing south by more than 2. 5 . We look at currencies, the aussie dollar actually gained amid all of this, knocking on the door of . 66. Gdp for australia a little later on for the Fourth Quarter. Those numbers are expected to be healthy but they are of course backward looking. The
It seems to be working his magic when it comes to boosting sentiment on the markets. When it comes to the growing power, it is pretty good. s are talking about china manufacturing pmi numbers coming in at record lows. These are all falling into contraction territory. As heidi mentioned, the markets are ignoring all of this because of the latest hints we got the boj action. A check on the markets and how they are tracking with sarah. There is nothing like higher coordinated central bank stimulus. We have seen this dark shift in sentiment. We see the pacific Index Trading modestly higher. The nikkei 225 is higher after falling as much as 1. 5 . We see Mainland China stocks leading gains. This is of more than 1 after the beating we saw last week. Off. 3 . Re theme point, we saw training back in positive territory. We are seeing some fluctuation. Gold is coming off of its highs and trading lower than 1600. At the same time, we see the japanese yen trading a little higher against the dollar