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
Smartphone sales. Details about the beijing security law. Shery this is quite a reversal from the deficit we saw in the previous month. We had seen south koreas current account falling to deficit for the first time in about one year but the numbers have recovered and we are seeing a rebound with our current account surplus topping 2 million. When it comes to goods, the trade surplus coming in at 2. 5 billion for the month of may. This is quite a recovery given that we had really fallen to the lowest level since 2008. Good trade surplus numbers. A much better than expected number out of south korea when it comes to the current account surplus and also the goods trade surplus for the month of may. Lets see how markets are trading at the moment. We are seeing now nikkei futures unchanged. Same for u. S. Futures. This after we had stocks here in new york jumping following the holiday weekend. We had seen five sessions of gains for the u. S. Now unchanged at the moment. The japanese yen Hol
Curbs. The amount of storage is 300 higher than a year ago. And global virus cases top 7 million in less than a week after topping 6 million. The u. S. And u. K. Show signs of a slowdown. India and brazil are the new hotspots. Taylor lets get a quick check of those u. S. Markets and a reminder of how they ended. Erased all the losses that we have for 2020. The nasdaq 100 continues to post more record highs. You see futures taking that in stride, mostly unchanged after what has been an astounding past few days coming up the big fridays jobs report. The optimism continues here in the monday trading. I do want to see how things are shaping up for some of the asian markets. For that, we have Sophie Kamaruddin here. Are asian markets extending some of the optimism we got in the u. S. . So, even afterestly we got warnings from slowing growth from the world bank. Kiwi stocks adding about one third of 1 at the start. Clawing back year losses as the country with social distancing rules. Austral
Asia braces for a second wave. This hour brings the latest check on the japanese economy, we await gdp Growth Numbers in a quarter dominated by the outbreak. Lets take a look at markets as we set up the trading session. We are seeing this with u. S. Futures. Backandforth between washington and beijing really dominating our can sentiment at the moment. Seeing new zealand trading on , as new zealand moves out of the restrictions. Positive upside,. 6 higher for australia futures going into the start of trading today. We are watching the yen, which has been seeing strength. Looking at positioning by money positionsnet long yen are being extended. There could be further upside with the japanese currency. Seeing upside continue with wti. Gains ineen the recent oil, shery. Shery we see more economies reopen and we are hearing from apple. They are saying nearly 100 stores globally have opened their doors again. Are refining it doesnt mean stores will not be shot if needed. Apple saying the sto
First half. Is ticking asck london and brussels plan new talks. They can still block a new deal divorce. Kathleen breaking news on south korea Industrial Production. I was talking about whether or not the bank of korea might cut their key rate and a couple of hours. The pricing jump, up 2. 6 . Up more than forecast at 0. 5 . That is what was expected. In terms of the monthly number, lets move on to the yearoveryear number. Up 0. 6 . A big improvement over 2. 9 . That has been revised a little bit higher, 2. 6. Very good news for south korean Industrial Production, closely linked to manufacturing, closely linked to the trade war. We will get more details on that and get more on that later. Beijing for ato look at the asian markets. There has been a lot of volatility this month but it looks like on the last day, we are seeing cautious optimism. More green across the board. For the nikkei. Positive numbers out of korea so that will help bolster when the markets open, up almost 1 . 5 thise