Was 25 n the s p 500 better than average over the last month. We are waiting on the let us check of japan, as the pandemic puts more pressure on the economy already sliding into recession. Inflation numbers are due at this hour. Haidi lets check in on the markets. We had a pretty tepid handover from the u. S. Stocks edging higher. Volumes still below what we have seen over the past month or so. Very much a rangebound trading session. We continue to seek a new catalyst. We continue to see rising cases across the u. S. , driving the idea of a second wave. Beijing struggling with a second wave as well. Conflicting data not giving a great deal of intel as to what the future holds. We are dealing and upside on s p futures, up about. 3 . Nikkei futures also a little bit higher, japan weighing the frostburg of reopening. Also the potential demise when it comes to tourism. Sydney futures are a little bit to the downside at the moment. We could see a modest bounce at the start of trading here i
Gains in the region today. The csi 300 has been up 6 in the past five days, the biggest months. N four margin traders have returned and the stock rally is kicking off. The hang seng up 133 points. We are seeing the dollar slightly weaker, but marginal. We are watching the aussie, in t he red here now. They are all over the place. Aussie, j. P. Morgan saying expect low 60s. It is difficult to model the recovery we are seeing. Number more positive. We are watching oil, coming off of a four month high and likely to end the month in the green. Gold with four weeks of gains. Tom the u. S. Senate has given final approval to legislation that would impose sanctions on chinese officials, cracking down on dissent in hong kong. Page in his warning a strong countermeasures if the u. K. Act in response to the National Security law. Warning a strong countermeasure if the u. K. , australia and the u. S. Active response to the National Security law. In the measures appropriate the senate at this point
On in hong kong with china over the weekend saying the security law could override hong kongs legal system. We she we see shares on the hang seng. 23,469 for the hang seng. The csi 300 pointing positive. Showing the resilience across these benchmarks. The kospi as well, we did get those export numbers. A slump easing a bit. Not very encouraging when it comes to exports of chips. Only a gain of 2. 6 . We saw a 13 advance in may. Perhaps this recovery is in an early nascent sense. The p cop, lowered by 910s of 12 . A decision coming through bank of centro and the rbnz later this week. Later on when it comes to assets, the disappointment has been with the china lpr, which they did not do anything. Given the credit numbers we have gotten, perhaps it was reason to pause. The selloff in bonds, are we going to continue to see that change . Ozzie yen, you are seeing a perk up aussie again, you are seeing a perk up. The dollar is rising for a fifth day. We have seen some flareups in australia.
So, mr. Patterson, your most recent the house of kennedy is a nonfiction. Ive done a little nonfiction. Welcome to my house. We are sheltering in florida which is a good place to shelter. How many nonfiction february. I dont count. I probably written for five, the first one was jeffrey epstein, filthy rich. Which is now they actually dropped the video today its a four parter, i think it is the 25th of the month, Something Like that im not sure. That was the first one and that was aaron hernandez, i did that and then this one and i have a john lennon coming out later in the year which is really interesting. This house is connected to a house that john and yoko owned, a bridge between the two houses. Who used to live in your house questioning. G, nobody famous. But its a disgustingly big house. As is lennons as well. They were here for a while and then she held onto a while after he was killed. Another famous family, why did you choose to write about the kennedys . It just seemed to me t
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