Further. We are joined this hour by finance minister. The other big story today, lawmakers in washington take aim at the power of big tech. Saystitrust investigation they are abusing their dominant status. Australia coming online. Lets turn to Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong with a checkup on markets. A two day rise, we are seeing pressure come through for the benchmark while the aussie dollar is testing that 71 popl after forming a double early this october. We are seeing action in the bond space. The front end of the aussie curb slipping with the three year yield falling as much as four basis points earlier in the session. This after australias updated debt issuance coming in less than expected. I want to highlight bhp shares. We are seeing the stock fall as much as 2. 3 this morning. Tesla bhp in focus be at flipping the board to check in on futures, s p eminis under pressure. The yen trading study but theres upward pressure on the stimulus deadlock. We are watching iphone makers aft
Prices decline. The asx down nearly 1 . We dont have trading in india either because it is mahatma publics birthday, a holiday. Futures are trading on the nifty in singapore down zero point 3 . The 10 year yield slipping back as anticipated. A slight move to the downside with regard to the futures contracts. You see the currencies and weakness creeping in into the dollar overnight. We have seen a reversal of that this morning. You have the yen a tad weaker. Sterling had rebounded to 1. 29. Seenis after we have brexitinduced losses. The aussie dollar unchanged. Haslinda lets get the first word headlines. Top white house aide hope hicks has tested positive for covid19. She traveled with President Trump on air force one to tuesdays debate in cleveland. The president says there is no indication he contracted the virus. Tested positive, National Security advisor robert obrien. He has spent as much time with the president as hicks has. Coronavirus infections continue to surge with the new yo
Huawei. The s p 500 down 0. 9 . Dire Economic Data followed by confidencey good data, according to the Michigan Consumer sentiment data. But we are checking the innards of those data to see what is going on there. The 10 year yield at 63 basis 28. 53, up crude at a good 3. 5 today. Lets get to europe. Germany plunging into recession, gdp falling 2. 2 in the first quarter. Bloomberg has been speaking with executives of German Companies about the pressures caused by the pandemic. Have a listen. The times are turbulent and they are complicated. The real question everyone is asking, how quick will be recovery come . The uncertainty remains. There is still very much uncertainty, so from that point of view, we remain kind of cautious. I think it is too early to call an end to the globalized world. We assume a ushaped in area into year end. We are presuming recovery on the one side, which is important. We dont know exactly how the restart and the unraveling of the current lockdowns across the
In the drop on record ppe data. Some similar things, but hasnt really captured what we are seeing in terms of covid19 yet. European stocks rolling over. The telco sector is doing reasonably well. Vodafone leading the charge there. Good numbers. Retailers are doing well. Real estate, travel and leisure, insurance is where we are seeing weakness today. We have seen the u. K. Going to the syndicated market today. Usually u. K. Sells debt via auctions. A rare trip there. Absolutely staggering demand for that debt. We continued to see yields going higher in italy. Keep an eye on that. Crude catching a bid. We are up by nearly 2 today. Vonnie also, we are awaiting testimony by dr. Anthony haoching today from the nash dr. Anthony fauci today from the of infectioustute diseases. Lets bring in Bloomberg White house reporter josh wingrove. Will know yet if dr. Fauci say anything that will be troublesome to the administration . Josh i think it could be interpreted as it, but i would expect it is
The last halfhour or so. The morning started out on a grim note with initial jobless claims very close to 3 million once again. Of smallerixth week jobless claims, but nevertheless , at those rates, it is still pretty dire. The dollar index is stronger today. Weaker euro and weaker sterling, too. We continue to see gains in the oil patch. 37, and brent crude trading above 30 a barrel. Governor Andrew Bailey also seeing the bank of england is not currently considering lowering Interest Rates below zero. His comments coming a day after fed chair Jerome Powell pushed back against the idea. Lets get to our guest, patrick chiefong, Plurimi Wealth investment officer. Expected. Ire as we maybe u. K. Data wasnt quite as bad as we were looking for, but still a contraction of nearly 1. 6 . Of 5. 6 . Do the Central Banks need to start considering negative rates . Patrick i think it is a bit of a mixed bag. I dont think the benefits of negative rates are that compelling at this point. If we see it