For a september quarter. There are also concerns about the ant ipo fallout. And america awaits the outcome of the president ial election, seven states now holding the keys to the white house. Wisconsin heads to a recount and others face challenges in court. Foropen here in sydney friday trading in asian markets, we have seen an eerie calm and trading across equity markets, and globally, on expectations that policy gridlock will me know extreme measures when it comes to the tax front being taken and more status quote when it comes to the visible markets. We are up. 2 when it comes to sydney, the in aussie dollar and commoditieslinked currencies it particularly well. We have the u. S. Dollar fall to its lowest in two years. The nikkei 225, we expect weakness going into the open but we have japanese stocks trading in the green every day of the week. Also watching the yen, but interestingly, as an election respirometer, we continue to watch price action in china as well as volatility in ch
The coronavirus pandemic continues to loom large. Addressing the crowd in pennsylvania, trump again touted an experimental treatment he was given while hospitalized with covid19. The drug that they gave me, im going to were going to be distributing it all over the country to hospitals and everything else. A day earlier, Health Authorities said 19 people who attended two trump rallies in minnesota last month tested positive for the virus, but they say it is unclear if these people werere infected at the rallies. The u. S. Governments top Infectious Disease expert, anthony fauci, has warned that holding large gatherings is asking for trouble. Meanwhile, biden held a rally in florida where he criticized trump for his handling of the pandemic. So many lives have been lost unnecessarily because this president cares more about the stock market than he does about, you know, wellbeing of seniors. Biden also plans to visit pennsylvania later this week where he is likely to continue his focus on
A hospital treating people in a Global Pandemic cannot get a mass. Protest against the brazilian president s handling of the Coronavirus Crisis he says his role is not to cause panic. Also ahead 4 men are executed for a gang rape and murder that shocked india. Corona virus has now killed more people initially than anywhere else its death toll of more than 3400. 00 has a past that reported by china with the virus 1st emerged iran spain and germany each have more than 15000 cases well what according to Johns Hopkins university more than 244000 people have contract to the illness more than 10000 people have now died more than 86000 people have now recovered. The death toll in the u. S. Is now more than 200. 00 President Donald Trump says hes pushing regulations to fast track coronavirus treatments including an anti malaria drug but his own officials they say talk that down more on that in a moment well begin and paul brennan has our report. The head of the World Health Organization has ca
A bit. Tokyo is it burning ambition for the olympics to go ahead despite the pandemic the rival of the torch is celebrated in japan. Also ahead 4 men are executed for a gang rape and murder that shocked india. Coronavirus has now killed more people in italy than anywhere else its death toll of more than 3400. 00 has now surpassed that of china with a virus 1st emerged iran spain and germany each have more than 15000 cases wild wild according to Johns Hopkins university as you can see there more than 244000 people are now confirmed to have the virus the total number of people have been killed is more than 10000 more than 86000 people have recovered. That the death toll in the u. S. Is now more than 200. 00 President Donald Trump says hes pushing regulators to fast track coronavirus treatments including an anti malaria drug but his own officials they say talk that down well have more on that in a moment 1st we begin initially or brennan has our report. The head of the World Health Organi
Air pollution levels are going down. The coronavirus puts the brakes on north americas car industry will tell you what it means for drivers and the carmakers. Turkey was burning ambition for the olympics to go ahead despite the pandemic the torch arrives in the japanese capital. The coronavirus has now led to the deaths of more people in italy than anywhere else in the world and at the moment there is no sign of the spread of the virus slowing down just over 3400 people have died in italy surpassing the figure reported by china with the virus 1st emerged chinas death toll stands at more than 3200 but for a 2nd consecutive day its reported no locally transmitted cases in the u. S. There are now more than 14000 confirmed cases and 205 deaths President Trump says hes pushing regulators to fast track covert 19 treatments including an anti malaria drug but his own officials later talk that down in iran over 18000 people have been infected with the illness and almost 1300 have died the presi