600,000. Los angeles is facing a new lockdown. Tokyo and hong kong reporting record numbers. Australia is set to deliver a new budget, may be the biggest blowout since world war ii. Lets take a look at how we are setting up when it comes to markets. Ures this is how it is shaping up when it comes to the future contracts. A Third Straight week of gains when it comes to the s p, managing to withstand the lakesession latesession wound. Slow but steady rotation away from growth in tech. Much more going into value. Futures are up by about 0. 1 . Positivity when it comes to the trading in tokyo, just about 0. 2 higher. Chicago nikkei futures are higher, all eyes on whats going on in brussels with now three days of negotiations in the eu to reach this agreement on the stimulus package and hand out details. We are hearing details, including that the netherlands and austria remain the strongest holdouts in the eu recovery talks. A bit of anxiety playing through when it comes to the eurodollar t
Uncertainty. The corruption crackdown in saudi arabia, the details. New poll finds most britons bracing for a postbrexit tax hike. Tracy this is Bloomberg Markets middle east. Angie a quick assessment of the markets in asia. The msci asiapacific regional. 75 , closingbing in on levels we have not seen this high since november. What is really remarkable about the selloff that we saw in the areal equity space, we seeing that recovery in asian stocks and sentiment today. , 1 nikkei 225 climbing higher because of the weaker yen, also putting aside concerns about u. S. Tax reform. We also have the hang seng, 1. 25 up, some big players, tencent higher. Te. Ck out z it is lifting higher, 9. 25 higher, and one of the reasons could be massive money coming through stock connect changing large caps in hong kong. Tracy, what is happening in your neck of the woods . Tracy it is nice to see green it . Hat board, isnt some assets that mean a lot for this region, the u. S. Dollar sliding a little bit.
It is close to middle east unrest, but it doesnt worry in chapter investors in japan. It is 8 00 a. M. Across the emirates. This is Bloomberg Markets middle east. I am Tracy Alloway. Lau. i am angie that optimism in japan is what we are seeing today across the equities space. Topics rising to its highest level in more than two years after robust u. S. Manufacturing data. What he did was strengthen the u. S. Dollar, pushing the yen down and helping to lift the nikkei 225 above that 20,000 mark on. 9 . U. S. Dollar strength on a number just on e. M. Ncy currency. On e. M. Currency. The austrian dollar on . 77 against the u. S. Dollar after the rba kept rates unchanged. Tracy . Tracy lets take a look at what is going on in the middle east, starting with oil. Both brent and wti treading water but they did have a sharp fall overnight. We are going to be digging into those price moves. Take a look at what happened in terms of gulf equities. Edx index was the big story, bringing it to its hig