What else is going on here . We also have lines coming through from carrie lam saying they will not be appointing judges to individual cases with regard to the National Security legislation. She had said earlier it would not be retrospective. Elsewhere, lets have a look at some of the other markets. The shanghai comp, for 10th of 1 . 4 10 of 1 . The kospi, much higher. We were up about 1. 67 before the headlines. The aussie market, erasing all of the gains and the red before came back. The singapore market does language seven tents below the gain line. A quick look at currencies. The dollar index was actually moving to the downside. The first time in six days. That has turned around now. The dollar index itself is marginally high. This is giving up some of its gains. Yen just below 107. Terling up approaching the 1. 25 level. The aussie has been appreciating. It is on the verge of testing the 70 u. S. Sent level. Confidence in the euro area improving marginally. Still down 14. 7. Bette
110 per share the last time i looked. For green on the screen mainland equities. They continue to climb higher. The futures in the u. S. Are flat. We can move it on now. In terms of the dollar, there is some weakness. Trade data out earlier. A bit of a squeeze on the aussie. Concerns about the virus as well in victoria. In terms of the euro, that has been on the tail end. We can move it onto some of the commodities were looking at. This thing in terms of inventories. They have been declining but still concerns about the virus and demands there. Gold is currently at 17. 68. There is the spread that we see. Were are looking at really back termsupport, on pause in of additional stimulus to the economy. Yvonne i was hoping for some type of liquidity or something to reverse that trade. Look at what we are seeing here. The Prime Minister of australia has considered this worse. This is falling in line with what we have seen from other Global Leaders like Boris Johnson who now says nearly 3 mi
Although probeijing officials have said we should not be too concerned, it will lead to stability in the city. 7 . Sci asia pacific down it is certainly something of a riskoff mood, following off what we saw toward the end of play on friday in the u. S. The nikkei is down more than 1 . In the mainland, you have a bit of pressure as well a despite industrial profits up 6 coming in over the weekend for the month of may. On to the next board. We will be looking at the currencies. A bit of dollar weakness. On friday it reached its highest level in four weeks, but it has since come off slightly, leading to a bit of strength for the offshore currency here in china. The korean won is up about plan to 01 . On to some of the commodities we are looking at. Wti has been under pressure as the demand story as we focus on the rate of infections, 10 million infections, 500,000 deaths, you can see that it is lower today. Gold, science that investors are preparing to cross through 1800. 0. 64 . Year yi
Session here. We are seeing korean stocks up, some 4 . This has certainly been a shift in the risk on sentiment we are seeing. The concerns over the waves are being brushed aside. Across assetsg here. When it comes to your bond, we are seeing yield ticking higher. 73 basis points for your u. S. Tenyear. We saw a rise but it is petering off. Did selloff overnight. Take a look at currencies, the dollar dropped will be the key story here. That is living these markets here today. As aen has been steady rock here. Despite the volatility we have seen. That should give some breathing room for the boj. Perhaps they are likely to sit tight when it comes to policy levers but look for hints on what they do with the Corporate Funding program. Youre seeing that dollar is really trickling through here. The taiwanese dollar is blaring green here today. We are up a third of 1 . The korean won strengthening. 7 . Mmb is unchanged. There has been a sense that the feds have the markets back. Letting the C
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