Sparked by a regulatory crackdown. Tencent earnings are out later today. Kongs of hong prodemocracy lawmakers resign as beijing tightens control. Carrie lam supports banning those not deemed sufficiently patriotic. Lets look at how things are shaping up when it comes to the start of the session. It continues to get some of that rebounding onring concerns might want to stick to. Rade could berecovery somewhat stop start. It did not move on rates and did at stimulus and effectively pushed back expectation for the timing of relative rates aired the kiwi market not pricing that in all of 2021. The nikkeis little bit negative but the top x are wiping out all of its losses for the ear and looking like that momentum could be sustained. Take a look at futures up about s p hittingsaw the the 10 week i. High. Prodemocracy lawmakers in hong kong are set to resign en masse after beijing passed a to ban politicians not sufficiently stock. I would not say that for members remaining in a Legislative
Quickly. And staying strong. The worlds top iron ore prices are among the highest out of china. Shery lets get you started with another check of how markets are trading at the moment. Futures underu. S. Pressure as stocks fell to the lowest level in two weeks. We are seeing it down 0. 7 . Than 2 ,00 lost more same for the dow and the nasdaq. The dow losing more than 700 points. We had the sharp increase in virus cases, adding to economic anxiety. So risk off positioning was very strong last week. We did get positive data over the weekend, signs that the chinese economy is continuing to recover and profits rebounding in may for the First Time Since november. Take a look at what oil is doing because it continues to fall. Actually, we saw a second week of declines, the second weekly decline since april. We continue to have these lower prices after a cautious rebound, now headed towards 37 a barrel for wti. We also had chesapeake filing for bankruptcy in the u. S. , one of the biggest vict
Authorities warned against reopening too quickly. Sending a message to facebook. More advertisers cut spending. Anchor asian markets are setting up. Virus cases continue to accelerate, not just in the u. S. But closer to home. Lets go over for a look. I am looking at the numbers, it looks like a trading week. That backdrop, futures are pointing lower this monday ahead of hancocks anniversary. Trade data do from the city this monday. Morning, thehis economic fallout from the virus, higher jobless reports. We have a downside picture across asia. Checking in on commodities, lets check in on oil. Losing ground. Near a 2012ing high. Higher prices expected. Australia does see gold expert warnings hitting a record 22 billion in 2020 through 2021, before easing in 2022. We have to big picture that good gold could top 1800 an ounce. Global virus has hit grim milestones. Cases in tokyo rose by a daily record. Japan had lifted a state of emergency last month. In the u. S. , governors are struggli
Potential pandemic. Investors dont seem to care. U. S. Markets close out the best quarter since 1998 with the s p 500 up 20 . Gold is trading near 1800. Shery lets get you started with a quick check of the markets. We are seeing u. S. Futures opening under a little bit of pressure at the moment, down 2 10 of 1 . This as we just mentioned, u. S. Stocks finishing the best quarter in more than two decades. We are talking about a 20 increase in the last three months. We have the s p 500 seeing the best two days in about three weeks. All 11 sectors finished up. The dow underperformed a little bit compared to other major indices. A plunge in boeing. Terminating their purchases of all remaining jets on order. Take a look at what oil is doing. We have seen it gain ground. It is continuing to rise near 40 a barrel. It just posted its best quarter in nearly 30 years, bouncing back from that historic price crash. Really climbing from negative territory in april. Haidi yeah, it really is the histo
We will break that down later on. Take a look at the rest of the market. You see caution still. The likes of gold, despite the rebound in stocks, gold topped at 1800 for the First Time Since 2011. Theres caution around a resurgence of cases. We have the situation in hong kong with china and acting sweeping powers. Goldman saying we could see 2000 for gold in the next 12 months or so. Extending theg best performance we have seen in 30 years. Money coming off of the dollar here, more of quarter selling and rebalancing. A little bit of strength in the yen. Offshore renminbi gaining at 705. Take a look at the nikkei. A survey cannot very negative. Manufacturing sentiment dropping to the lowest level since 2009. China seeing shares up 6 10 of 1 . The pboc said to Lower Borrowing costs for small businesses. Perhaps anticipating a rate cut today. Watching bonds. Treasuries did tumble. They continue. 68 basis points. Lets get to our top story now. Hong kong marking 23 years of chinese role hou