Point 46 overnight. Political posturing is taking place with taking place between london and brussels. Checking in with some of the other little asset of the other asset classes. Gold pulling back in tandem with ,. 10 lower. Tom lets get you the first word news and an update on the continued spread of covid19. Have surged past 40 million and show no signs of slowing. U. S. Infection rates rising in 48 states while europe is inosing tighter restrictions london, paris, and other cities under strict curves with ireland enacting some of the toughest restrictions yet seen. The World Health Organization says failure to control quarantine rules has led to the resurgence. I stocks hit a six month low amid fears continuing street protests will drive investors away and further hurt the weakening economy. The benchmark index closed at its lowest level since april 16 as demonstrators bow to keep up pressure for constitutional reform and curbs on the monarchy. The index has lost more than 5 of its
Of new cases had been flat or decreasing since a peak in early august, but the number has begun creeping up. The panel noted increases in hokkaido, tohoku and northern kanto regions as well as parts of okinawa. They say its a result of infection clusters and people visiting or leaving tokyo and the surrounding prefectures where there is no drop in infection rates. But the number of hospitalizations remains flat nationwide and the number of patients in serious condition is reportedly decling. The experts say provincial entertainment districts and expat communities could become super spreader sis teand they are calling for more Health Notices and tests in those areas, and they warn japan could see the kinds of explosive spread of infections in europe unless infections are dealt with. In australia authorities in the state of victoria have lifted coronavirus restrictions in and around the city of melbourne for the first time in about four months. Three, two, one. Whoo the city has been und
Unprecedented disruption the swiss luxury giant flags a strong recovery in china heineken trades lower as the beer maker plunges prompting the group to intensify cost cuts. In frankfurt, the ecb faces a crucial test will look to prove that it has more fire power needed we bring you more coverage to this runup to decision time. The chinese stock markets plunged into the close despite encouraging growth data. Shanghai composite 4. 5 lower. Marking the worst daily performance in each index since february the china gdp grew rebounding from the First Quarter recession as they use the lockdown and First Quarter stimulus more on the chinese data. A bounce back from growth from q 2 after strict lockdowns and travel restrictions and some of that stimulus kicked in if you look at that key data for the month of june, industrial output lead to the recovery and third output growth of 4. 8 suggesting demand is improving fixed asset improvement fell 4. 81 . Also better than expectations and retail sa
Record high after a global meltdown melt up on monday. Futures are pointing lower. The cash trade tray is less than an hour away. Hong kong on notice. Microsoft joins google, facebook, and twitter in pausing government user data requests. Tiktok also pulls out of hong kong. The risk rally pauses. Equity markets and futures trade grow aboutncerns rising coronavirus infections. Bloomberg learns that Deutsche Bank and google are planning a 10 Year Partnership on cloud and tech investment. Computing and tech investment. Just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading across europe. Futures are down right now. We see losses on ftse futures of 0. 5 . About 0. 6 . Es, futuresxx you choose down about 0. 7 . Yesterday we got germany factory orders, missing the mark. Coming out at a 10 gain compared to a 15 estimate. Now we are getting german 7. 8 . Rial output rising that is the month over month figure. The estimate was for 11. 1 . Dataagain, german economic missing the estimate,
Decide what kind we are dealing with i wish we could say we always know how to respond but the early days of the decline, well, theyre never easy to navigate first, lets borrow a line from the fabulous Anna Karenina all happy rallies are alike. Each sell off is unhappy in its own way. Its so true bull market sent stocks higher and everyone thinks theyre a genius for participating in them big declines much harder they would be the start of a bear market or a glinch. Thats why i want to use history to try to identify some of the common qualities so you can figure out how to handle the inevitable moments of weakness without panicking. First let me offer some historically constructive words of relief, sanity and real, not phony, but real assurance. Theres only been two truly horrendous sell offs since i started investing in 1979. The one day crash of 1987 and the rolling crash of 20072009 i could have down the nasdaq crash but the s p held up well lets deal with these two big ones head on