Week on the hole for global stocks. Lets get a first word news update. Heres leighann gerrans. Leighann president macron of france has appointed a new Prime Minister. Macron is preparing to reshuffle his government in the widely expected relaunch of his presidency for the final two years of his term. North Korean Leader kim jongun urging people to stay alert of coronavirus. He warned that complacency could lead to unimaginable and irreversible crisis or get despite the warning, he has reaffirmed north koreas claim to not have had a single case of covid19. This is widely doubted by Global Health officials. European president christine crisiss signature fighting tool is becoming the focus of disagreement among policymakers. Governing councilmembers face a potential risk over how much their emergency Bond Purchase Program should stay weighted toward weaker countries such as italy. That is according to multiple conversations with central bank officials. And hong kong, police have charged a
110 per share the last time i looked. For green on the screen mainland equities. They continue to climb higher. The futures in the u. S. Are flat. We can move it on now. In terms of the dollar, there is some weakness. Trade data out earlier. A bit of a squeeze on the aussie. Concerns about the virus as well in victoria. In terms of the euro, that has been on the tail end. We can move it onto some of the commodities were looking at. This thing in terms of inventories. They have been declining but still concerns about the virus and demands there. Gold is currently at 17. 68. There is the spread that we see. Were are looking at really back termsupport, on pause in of additional stimulus to the economy. Yvonne i was hoping for some type of liquidity or something to reverse that trade. Look at what we are seeing here. The Prime Minister of australia has considered this worse. This is falling in line with what we have seen from other Global Leaders like Boris Johnson who now says nearly 3 mi
Economist poll were expecting 54. 2. So it is well north of that. The jobs number well wait for the details of that tomorrow. Im really curious as to what is happening in the employment picture right now. But over the next few days, well get more employee information on that following last thursdays blowout data. But this is a very, very strong number. How did that translate into perception of what is happening with the economy now while Global Equity markets as kaley said, starting to weaken very strongly. The china data helping out. But some investors despite what were seeing, strategists saying the returns to be limited. The c. I. O. Of hedge fund capital is not particularly optimistic. The economy is in a very troubled place. Frankly, the worlds in a very troubled place. The market is across all Asset Classes, the markets are incredibly volatile. The performance within asset class is incredibly dispersed. Thats going to be with us as the Global Economy is likely to move in these fi
Weve already had some great conversations this morning. We drive that forward in this hour, and out to jon ferros the open at 9 00. We are really going to focus on the dominion Warren Buffett transaction, which i find absolutely fascinating. Within all of this is a lift to the market because the government has the back of the financial system. The dominant feature right now is the certitude of 1 trillion here or 1 trillion they to buoy the economy up into the end of the year. Jonathan maybe another 1 trillion this month as well. Theres a huge debate taking place in washington. It is not a matter of when. They will do this. It is not a matter of how big. It will be large. It is a matter of the composition, what they agree on a moment. I am edging there is going to be some pushback down in washington in the next several weeks. Futures up 38, dow futures up 374, so a real lift to the has as aea all of this backdrop dependent. It is really a mixed picture. Theres no russian about that area
7. 0159. Hore yuan at lets get a check on the markets. Abigail doolittle has the details. Abigail certainly a risk on day at the markets. The s p, the fifth day in a row for the winning streak. The optimism carrying right into the new week after some strong economic data. Of course, we have that continuing rally in china. 100 set for its third record close in a row, being helped out by amazon. And above 3000 for the First Time Ever for amazon. Has a 1 trillion market cap once again. Olibre is above 1000 for the first time. Nasdaq a member of the composite and nasdaq 100. Speaking of these records, its incredible. If we look at a chart on the march lows, the nasdaq is now up more than 51 . Did not exist in the Great Depression, but some say the rally for the s p 500 is Great Depression like after its huge drop. Only time will tell. It seems some of the folks that have been reluctant are finally joining in. These are member ranked returns. Money markets had reached a high of 4. 8 trillio