Hour, likely to confirm thirdquarter results that beat forecasts. The first since the patriarch. It may losewarning Legal Protection over user content. Lawmakers accuse platforms of abusing their power for political speech as the election nears. First, lets get you started with a quick check of the markets. Sophie kamaruddin in hong kong. Sophie after the steep losses we saw for u. S. And european stocks, we are looking for a downside move here in asia with earnings also in focus and we have u. S. Futures edging higher early in this session. We do have aussie shares under pressure, off by. 4 this morning. This after the tech lead rebound we saw wednesday looking shortlived. And set under pressure, falling 3 after recording a 42 slump in profit. Those results coming in line with analyst estimates. Check out the aussie dollar holding about 70 but trading near a nine day. It could be in the making the next few days. Metzler about the board to check in on some other assets in focus. We are
There we have active futures on the s p up by. 5 . Nasdaq as well. Just seeing what is likely to happen with the start of the indian session and about one hour and 44 minutes. Nifty gaining about. 2 wednesday, looking like we are adding to it. Have some news as well. There were fears among bond traders bond that could have played havoc on the bond markets. That is the yen. We have the pound which has been emerging as a strong currency against its u. S. Counterpart as we get brexit negotiations taking place and certainly it is the way the u. K. And European Union come to an agreement as to what happens after the u. K. Officially leaves the European Union. Seeing some progress with regards to all that. Haslinda lets get the first word headlines for you. President trump signed an executive order to expand u. S. Production of Rare Earth Materials. Amid concerns that Global Leader china they restrict exports. They are used in a vast range of goods. China accounted for 80 of americas imports
Warns america to prepare for a painful time as new york surpasses chinas Hubei Province in reported cases, the deadliest day so far. Japan proposes its biggest ever stimulus package as the virus threatens a deep recession. The Business Survey this hour will gauge some of the damage. Haiti. Haidi haidi. Haidi lets take a look at how we are setting up in australia. Trickling online in the staggered open, seeing early signs of positivity when it comes to this market after ending the session lower yesterday. We are seeing upside of about. 7 at the moment as we are awaiting the rba march 18 Meeting Minutes later today. We are trying to get past the worst quarter ever, so downside of 25 for australian stocks over the last three months today is a new day and new zealand, we are seeing gains for a Third Straight session as the rbnz is doubling down in the bond purchase program. Japanese shares looking a little bit lower. They had the worst quarter since 2008 and the kospi also trending lower a
Questions in the senate. The strain of the trade war. We will bring you an exclusive with the company ceo. Lets see how things are shaping up in the early part of the asian session. Not much of a guide to what happened on wall street overnight. Sentiment down after a report that the trade deal between the u. S. And china may not decide at aipac after all and that kind of took a dent out of the s p after seeing earlier record highs. The asx just going online. We are seeing a flat start to the trading day. Flat to the downside. New zealand seeing upside. A mixed picture when it comes to asia futures. We have the nikkei looking lower and the kospi pretty much flat we are looking at a mildly positive open. Well. D decision week as we are expecting a cut this week when it comes to december. Not so much certainty. We are also on bank of japan watch as well. Lets get you the first word news with gritted. With ritika gupta. Ritika lebanons Prime Minister has resigned. Demonstrators were attack
Is fundamental to the government who is concerned about the economic fallout. Im Tom Mackenzie in chatham in square where china is celebrating 70 years of the peoples republic and communist party rule. Paul just want to get you to some breaking news out of south korea. We have Consumer Prices for the month of september. They are coming in weaker than expected. Cpi on year declining by 4 10 of 1 . Readingfollowing a 0 in august, which up until today, was the lowest reading in history. Now we have a new low. A contraction in cpi of 4 10 of 1 . That is the first drop on record. Auth korea is not facing deflation according to the finance ministry, which made comments moments after the release of these figures. We have oil prices weighing on the picture and south korea. The bank of korea has reduced its inflation forecast to 7 10 of 1 from 1. 1 . Well short of the 2 goal. This contraction in cpi two 4 10 of 1 sort of adding fuel to the idea that we might see the bank of korea cut ranks rate