The pullback overblown . A change at disney. Bob chapek becomes ceo immediately. Bob iger will remain chair and continue to direct creative endeavors. Another bloody day in the markets on the back of more bad news on the coronavirus. Watching the edge of another cliff. No surprises for how we are set up for this wednesday trading day. New zealand already off by almost 2 futures. Here in sydney, poised for another drop. Asx off this week. A couple of things to watch out for when we do get going, Virgin Australia announced a firsthalf loss of 97 million. We are also expecting rio tinto earnings after the close. Nikkei futures off about 1 5 of 1 . A quick look at the currencies. The aussie dollar did briefly dip below . 66. It is just holding on above that level them. The yen continuing to strengthen. A little bit of a rebound but not much in the 10 year as well. The u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention is warning americans to prepare for the coronaVirus Outbreak at home. It i
Lighten up in a bid to get people back to work. The concern here and why these indices are in the red is what if that brings about a surge in the case count. Lets look at what is happening in the broader asian markets outside of china. You can see the asiapacific index excluding japan. Japan is on hold today. Also in the red. S p, futures looking ahead. Under pressure on worries about what suppliers will be doing to supply chains. A lot of them are in south korea and that is now the focal point for the coronavirus outside of china. I want to bring to your attention at the top of the screen, the malaysia stock index. Some political turmoil, news coming out of the Prime Ministers office. Really weighing on malaysian equities, down to the lowest point since 2015. I want to bring your attention to the currency markets. Also want to point attention to the aussie dollar versus the yen. That is not just the currency to watch in asia, but the broader risk barometer. The aussie dollar can be a
Facing. Really reminiscent of that merce outbreak in 2015. We saw that 10 billion extra stimulus package back then. Because of this, we are seeing the markets under pressure, but one exchange that im watching is small caps in china. Actually at the highest level since october 2016. We have seen those pboc Monetary Policy measures. Not to mention more news that china could be taking over a hardhit industry. Lets get a broader check of the markets with Sarah Ponczek. Pretty much Everything Else is now trading in the green as the trading session does progress. We have seen markets turn lower under further pressure. 0. 2 but still on track for its best week since june. The hang seng now down 1 . Many times this week we have seen the benchmark approach 50 day moving average, but we have seen it fail as we have seen today. The nikkei roughly flat, but modestly lower. After trading as high as a half percent early on. Then we see the south korean kospi and underperform her across the region on
Countries. We are continuing to see the corporate fallout, we will get more details on airlines. Delta saying it is suspending u. S. To china flying routes through april 30. Asked theirsoft staff to work from home. Amazon as well. The longer it takes to test anybody, the greater the risk they will be spreading the disease. Mike pence saying most cases are mild and they have flulike symptoms. Compared to the tests the u. S. Have carried out, 2000 by the end of last week, compared to 140,000 in south korea. In the u. S. We are seeing 11. Lities rising to this is having a concerning impact on the markets. Lets get to the Market Action. Speaks,president pence we see markets accelerating losses. Now trading at the lowest level since september. The chinese equity come back facing a roadblock. Seng headedg hang for its lowest level of 2020, and s p 500 futures extending the trading session losses, closing down 3. 4 , now off 0. 8 . Earlier futures were moving higher as much as 0. 7 , so quite
Confirmed case of coronavirus in the United States of unknown origin and after that press conference from donald trump. Not giving up. Meanwhile, we do see resiliency on the mainland. The csi 300 gaining. 1 korean kospi now down after that rising coronavirus count. A surprise Interest Rate hold from the be ok. Hong kong stocks falling lower. Lets look at the fx and rate markets. We see a rebound of the aussie dollar, but this after it fell to the lowest level since 2009. We do see the yen gaining against the u. S. Dollar and we see 10 year treasury yields falling lower. The 10 year yield at 1. 3 after falling below for the first time ever. Back to you. Ponczek, right, sarah thanks for joining us. Travelers torging reconsider trips to south korea as the number of coronavirus cases there nears 1600. President trump assured americans that they face little risk from the epidemic and tapped mike pence to lead the governments response. Trump sought to ease concerns after lawmakers raised que