Chairman. Lets get you started with a quick check of how markets are trading. U. S. Futures continuing to add to gains after u. S. Stocks rallied in the regular session. Vaped tech shares leading the gains. Alphabet optimism about the experiment of drug coming from Gilead Sciences. U. S. Futures gaining ground at the moment. This after the s p 500 rose in the regular session. We have some negative data when it comes to u. S. Fourthquarter gdp seeing the biggest fall since 2008. We did get the fed decision. We have policymakers holding rates steady. Wti also continued to add to gains after we rose in the regular session, rebounding from almost 30 of declines in the last two sessions. Haidi of course one of the big headlines, the Trump Administration putting together this Manhattan Project style effort to drastically cut the time it takes to develop a coronavirus vaccine. Operation work speed hopes to have enough warp speed hopes to have enough doses available by the end of the year as g
Foreign purchases. We have the first public impeachment hearing testimony revealing the president s lawyer was digging up dirt in his shadow diplomacy in ukraine. Howi lets take a look at we are setting up when it comes to the start of trading here in sydney. Investors dealt a pretty mixed hand overnight. Stocks closing pretty close to fresh record highs. Still, uncertainty over the lingering trade negotiations continuing to chip away at sentiment. We are hearing potentially the agricultural purchases that had been a solid part of the phase i deal could be in doubt. China reportedly saying if these tariffs are not resolved, they could back away from purchasing more u. S. Soy and pork. Taking a look at the picture, just about 1 10 of 1 . Watching the labor market numbers, typically quite volatile, could be a move in the aussie dollar. New zealand, upside about 1 10 of 1 after the reserve bank of new zealand held on rates for their last meeting of the year somewhat unexpectedly, causing
You have to be seeing across the board, every single group is falling. Equity market feels the pain. Alex will talk central banking and the markets. We clearly want to be discussing where we are going ahead with our guests. We will be talking with scott mather, coming up in a bit. Fascinating, his viewpoint on when they will hike. And of course how good that job number has to be. Alix overall we are looking at a market rerating for the fed hikes expectations. It comes to equities, the dax lower. You have emerging markets lower over the last two days, and they are trickling through with a story in the fx market that is stronger that is the stronger dollar. Particularly, dollaryen, 1. 02. You have yen weakness, but is that confidence about the boj in rode a in corrode a commodities are getting hit across the board. Off by 1. 3 . Ti, a 47 handle now for wti. Bond marketsthe friday you saw that big rally ofyields on the front end the curve. The biggest jump, 10 basis points, the biggest ju