The futures contract from the big gains as well. Optimism at the start of this session. A data out of the u. S. We have p. M. I. Numbers. And easing from the impact from the virus. E await that data. Good to from bill have you with us. In the end at the end of the day, it remains strong and solid. This market seems to suggest you cant fight the fed or federal banks and no bad news will sentiment. Y damp the im not sure that i would be that positive about the sentiment. The correction that we saw in march was sort of a classic correction, if you like, with all the things happening in the normal order. But the rally has been defensive in nature. A lot of defensive assets like gold have done very well. And certainly defensive sectors within equity markets, for well. E shes have done we have this massive, massive, monetary and fiscal action by the fed and other Central Banks and governments but im not sure if that turned yet sent metropolitan positive. People are still very, very carbous.
Party rooms, that could reopen after may 28. A mix of good news there. We have some good news in the markets as well. We are seeing more reopening of economies. It seems like you cant really fight the fed at this point. We are seeing a second day of gains in the region. Jakarta coming back from that holiday. We are seeing again of. 5 . Also, india reopened today as well. Things are looking better. Lets see what else we are watching out for. Singapore is in focus. The outlook is not looking so good. The governor is slashing the to 7 . From 4 the hang seng as well, look at that, we are close to 400 points higher today. We are talking about the valuations and the steepest discount into decades. You have seen some depth buying dip buying happening. Take a look, currencies are looking a little quiet given the fact that the u. K. Saw thin trading with the london closing yesterday. See a liquidity injection from the pboc after a hiatus of 70 something days. When it comes to the sing this a we
Selling but the glut looms over the market. The politics of the pandemic. The u. S. And china continue to trade barbs over their handling of the crisis. Washington says the world has been let down. Breaking news out of south korea. We are getting First Quarter gdp numbers quarter on quarter, seeing the biggest drop since 2008. Young talking about a contraction of 1. 4 . It is still a little bit better than expected. The expectation was a contraction of 1. 5 but it will still be the First Quarter on quarter retraction since 2009. The year on year number rising 1. 3 , is also bigger increase and was expected. It was expected it would only gain 1 . It is also growing this rise of 1. 3 year on year coming after growing more than 2 in the past two quarters, so it is still a slowdown from the previous quarter. We are seeing manufacturing taking a big hit, a contraction of 1. 8 for the Fourth Quarter and also contraction from the previous quarter. We are seeing the hit on retail trade, accomm
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