Cost be index with the south reaching its july highs against the u. S. Dollar. Lets have a look at where we are in chinese markets. We will talk about blockchain a little later. Hang seng index flirting with 27,000. Dollar china, sterling on the u. S. Treasuries. He had the doj coming in shortly after. The fed widely expected to cut rates. Trick or treat is how bank of America Merrill lynch is calling that. Among other things topping our minds as we get underway this friday. Su keenan is waiting for us in new york with an update of your first word news. Su President Trump is calling on the world to continue fighting Islamic State. This, after announcing its leader is dead following a u. S. Military raid in northwest syria. Becomes thebaghdadi highest ranking terrorist leader killed or captured since obama trump said the u. S. Is now targeting his likely successor. He is a sick and depraved man. And now he is gone. Was vicious and violent, and he died in a vicious and violent way, as a
Is out. China removes another obstacle to Foreign Investors. It is that time of year again. We have the highlights from apples new Product Launch, including a fifth generation of the watch. News out ofing south korea. The august jobless rates coming in at 3. 1 . Way belowy, estimates. Analysts expected it to come in at 4 , which would have been the fourth consecutive month of the Unemployment Rates coming in at 4 , but surprising the markets, 3. 1 , the lowest since 2013. South koreas august adjusted rate at 3. 1 , adding 450 2000 more jobs in august versus 452,000 more jobs in august. We have the passage of an extra 452,000budget in early august t could have lent some additional support, but still, the lowest Unemployment Rate since 2013 reallyin at 3. 1 is interesting, given the fact that we have seen some private Sector Employment weakness with the ongoing trade tensions between the u. S. And china, not to mention south koreas own issues with japan. A surprising Unemployment Rate fo
Dozens are west it as protesters target the airport and subway network. Dozens arrested. Argentine in christ it again. Capital controls try to hold the country on the as the default. Reminder on how u. S. Stocks ended the session as we begin the trading week in asia. From the dow jones for the s p to the nasdaq, you have the close and stocks within a range of 0. 15 . Not much moving ahead of the long weekend in the u. S. This s prtly we see futures pair when they opened they were down a percent. They pulled back, maybe a reaction from friday. Mostly everything that is happened since friday. On friday, u. S. Consumer sentiment measured from the university of michigan closely watched survey hit as its lowest level since 2016. Everyone waiting for tariffs which went into effect on september 1. Chinas many factoring pmis, purchasing managers index, one of the most important numbers to watch for 70 countries, when it comes to manufacturing, a big problem a whopping from the trade war. China
Tumble. Paul the services session in the u. S. The board. On across treasury yields rallying. The s p 500 jumped into a fiveweek high. The 50 day moving average. Tech shares let the gains on renewed optimism over trade and we had rally at the twoyear yield. At one point, it jumped by the most in about a decade. We had very strong Economic Data when it came to the private payrolls numbers but also little changed when it came to the jobless claims, so the focus is turning to the u. S. August job reports that are coming out tomorrow. U. S. Futures unchanged. Lets see how we are setting up for asia. Sophie it remains to be seen whether this will continue after global stocks posted arrest day gainin since two since january. Hong kong on the radar after Derivatives Trading faced pickups on thursday. We have the nikkei futures in chicago looking to gain ground after the nikkei 225 rolls to a win month high on thursday. Japanese data on cap. Tap. Sydney futures gaining ground, climbing to a on
That means were bringing you some of the biggest stories covered right here over the past 7 days welcome to the program happily some good news to start you off with that 2 russian pilots centered aviation history on thursday morning after pulling off whats been described as a miraculous Emergency Landing that. Flight suffered twin engine failure after striking a flock of birds while taking off from moscow airport but against the odds they were able to bring it down safely in a nearby field saving the lives of everyone on board this was the scene as people evacuated the plane. If i think about. Was. The pilots of flight you 6178 had just moments to react to the bird strike and avert impending disaster they decided to land the plane on its belly in a cornfield without deploying the landing gear all being able to dump the fuel on board. This video was taken from inside the aircraft as it accelerated along the runway the singles that were sucked into the engines could be seen either so fle