U. S. Threatening any recovery optimism. Australia braces for the end of a record run. Gdp data showing whether the 30 year recession free streak is over. Looking at how markets are trading, u. S. Futures under pressure after stock markets in the u. S. And in most thats ended mostly positive stock markets in the u. S. Ended mostly positive rating. Friday. Oflly no real substance concrete measures against beijing. We have the dollar index falling friday, the declines continue on down. 2 . Monday, this as confrontation with china continues but after the s p 500 closed may on an up note and now at the highest level in more than 12 weeks. 1. 7 , about 35 a barrel level. This is the highest in 11 weeks and the biggest the klein in more than a week. Decline in more than a week. Russia and saudi arabia agreed to coordinate on the deal reached by opecplus to cut output. Seeing u. S. E futures falling. Upside holding on with futures trading in this part of the world. Nikkei futures trading high
Thousand. U. S. Infections rise more than expected. Asia, a second wave is coming. Japans biggest banks are expected to join their global counterparts in bad loan costs. They could see the highest in a decade. Take haidi lets take a look at how we are setting up our final friday session. Positively from wall street after a pretty volatile session. U. S. Stocks faltered early on when President Trump said he was not interested and did not want to speak to xi jinping about the simmering trade tensions. In the beatendown bank stocks as well as energy names gaining on account of this jump we saw in crude prices. We are setting up positivity. Futures, both in australia and hong kong, and also in japan, setting up for a higher open, sophie. Ishie President Trump ratcheting up tensions with china amid the coronavirus and trade war. This is what he said about talks with xi jinping. Pres. Trump i have a very Good Relationship but i just, right now, i do not want to speak to him. There are many t
Increasing pessimism about growth. More ceos than ever see a slowdown. Sophie chinas mystery virus is spreading through persontoperson contact. Hubs stepping up passenger screening. Lets turn to selina wang in beijing with australian markets coming online. Selina we did see australian markets red hot. We are now starting to see them drift slightly lower, marginally except for the new zealand up. 2 after gaining 3 since the start of this year. We did yesterday see the equities hit record highs when it comes index price and private equity valuations. So, that would be enough to ring bells in normal times but our strategists say that macro backdrop in australia is dire enough to call this rally into question when you consider the massive wildfires that are damaging their economy. With increasing focused on environmentally sustainable investing, that rally is potentially at risk. I want to check on that a little bit more with this next chart. Thelook at that rally in context of the u. S. C
Back of that data. Refinery utilization was positive by 1. 4 . The market was looking for that to go into the negative by 0. 5 . Crude Oil Inventories rising by 415,000 barrels only last week. Gasoline inventories was a drawdown of nearly 2 million barrels. Lets check u. S. Markets more broadly. The major indices are really unchanged, but we have a few major movers, including viacom cbs, which disappointed in its First Quarter as a combined company. Investors are really punishing that stock. Guy a bit of breaking news, the unicredit boss looks like he is emerging as a potential hsbc ceo to get the job. Remember, noel quinn currently yethe interim ceo at hsbc, the interim ceo putting out a is involvingk that deep changes in the way hsbc runs its business and potentially a retrenchment back to the middle east and into asia in particular. He thousand jobs potentially going even further down the road. There were Big Questions as to whether or not noel quinn would ultimately be the person t
The u. S. And china are dusting off corporate deals in anticipation. Austria braces for a hotter weekend as fires continue to burn out of control. Thousands are urged to seek shelter. This justin, the u. S. House is voting on the or powers resolution. , as is mostly symbolic resolution that would seek to limit the President Trumps options for military action against iran. House speaker Nancy Pallone says democrats were not satisfied by the administrations justification for last weeks airstrikes that kill a top iranian official. Nancy pelosi saying this is more than a symbolic gesture. We have more analysis, but it seems like a long shot for this to pass the republican held senate. That news just coming in that the resolution has been passed in the house. When it comes to the trading session, it is fading out. Tensions between u. S. And iran. A report suggests that the ukrainian flight was taken down by Iranian Missiles. That did not deter optimism. All three markets in the u. S. Hittin