The opening numbers, 3071. Ore, 3071. I will talk more about the open there in singapore. That being said, with the guide, is talking parliament. You look at the balance, do we go up or down from here . It is balanced at the moment. , he we dollar is on the way down. That is really standing out. Not reallyelse is much conviction. Have a look at the bond markets. The rally continues. Massive moves down in yields over in europe. We sought it down about 2. 3 percent. A little higher on the 10 year yield. There is your move. Were back below. 1 here. On the japanese 10 year bond, and in 10 years time we will get best 10 minutes time we will see if it will help support the market and anchor this. Look at the equity markets. We talked about singapore at the moment. Taiwan is also opening up a fifth of 1 to the upside. Said, not a lot of conviction. Just wrap things up with a look at the touchy here hitachi here. The deals. Do long story short, they have a project in south africa. There is a d
And singapores growth surges, beating december quarter forecast. We will be live there for a check on the vital shipping industry. Before we 30 minutes get under way right here in hong kong and china. Singapore just coming on. Looking at those numbers. We had a complete blowout there. Lets take a look at how it is reacting to the data probe we had this morning. Up about 2 10 of 1 , gdp coming on year. Higher up 2 . At movers, uab they are the third biggest lender. Bad load provisions rose. Lower than and ocbc, forecast profits. We see the nikkei lower for a second day, with property and Energy Leading the drop. Toshiba slipping for a fourth day. A single project may be in jeopardy as the u. S. Firm says it may be seeking a new contractor. In australia we do have it snapping a two day rise, act by health and material. Goldmining, seems to be gaining confidence. Third biggest oil and gas producer falling 1 after better than normal forecasts on sale volumes. Narrowsee its net loss to 1 bi
What,d right, just gone i am Rishaad Salamat in hong kong. Haidi i am haidi lun in sydney. We are setting up for a muted start to the trading week. Japanese trade members worse exports at least disappointing, dragging down the nikkei. We look ahead to the china open, contract showing a negative open as well. Rishaad indeed, the lack of momentum after a lot of momentum, perhaps this so called reflation trade losing steam. , a fairly muted session on wall street on friday. That wait and see approach on investor minds. 30 minutes away from the start of the session in hong kong. Singapore, taipei, kl coming online. Here is sophie. Sophie we are anticipating a subdued trading day in asia. The bright spot taiwan, new zealand, and singapore. Straight times marginally higher ahead of that budget update today. By. 3 ,ei 225 lower falling for a Third Straight day following trade numbers this morning. The kospi lower despite the rise in samsung shares. Focusing on australia, the asx 200 falling.
Quiet in the markets with the u. S. Celebrating president s day on monday. Overall, global stocks were mostly higher. It looks like we are waiting for direction. Perhaps we could get it with the fed minutes on wednesday. Live. Eting is lets look at how things are in the asiapacific. Slow going with new zealand stocks down about. 1 . The kiwi dollar unchanged. 80 and beyond is the call from Deutsche Bank sac the resurgence in exports. That is ahead of the rba minutes out in the next hour. Stocks slow going at the stock of the open. The dollar yen has been going sideways. 113. E the dollar yen above back above 120. We do see weakness in yen. It could be a boost for stocks. Lets get to our top story in asia this morning. The austrian Prime Minister has told bloomberg he will maintain a Good Relationship with the u. S. Despite the reported rift with President Trump. Speaking exclusively, he spoke against protectionism and said his government was committed to investing in new infrastructure
We are about 30 minutes away open in china and in hong kong. But singapore and malaysia have into whatonline really is a pretty lac lack lusr market. Of course, u. S. Markets have been on holiday for the president s day holiday. So a subdued start. The region, pairing the earlier drop with the costly about 7 10 of a percent. And Australian Shares down about 2 10 of a percent. Aussie took a brief dip but they have since rebounded. A lift,ar yen, getting thatd president s comments a march hike isnt off the table. Leading and financials the rise. Quick check on some of the movers today. Toshiba also in the green today on reports that it may begin the for its chip stakes sale this friday. Going onnto whats over in singapore. A percent here. We did have singapore deliver a budget that hopes to keep growth above 2 . We did have the second finance minister speaking to us this budget, telling us the is about having a new direction mediumtermgh that hump. He did note that the oil and gas indust