Strongso getting some data coming through and it comes to pending home sales. The month on month number blowing past expectations. We do better on a month by month basis of 8. 8 . That was well above expectations. That takes the nonseasonally adjusted year on year number two 20. 5 . This is a market that has come back in a really big way. Alix and continues to stay strong, like auto sales, undermining that fall off a cliff scenario. ,ast night, the highlights president trump, democratic nominee joe biden, which a debate, but turned out to be a boxing match. Everyone knows hes a liar. Pres. Trump you are the liar. You graduated last in your class. Mr. Biden you are the worst president america has ever had. Pres. Trump when needed, i wear masks. I dont wear masks like him. He could be speaking to hundred feet away from you and he shows up with the biggest mask ive ever seen. What is the Trump Health Care plan . Pres. Trump first of all, i guess i am debating you, not him, but thats ok. I
Level deaths are approaching one million with record chain record cases in france and the u. K. Tiktoks band is due to take effect on monday ban is due to take effect on monday. Shery u. S. Futures coming in at. 2 higher after fluctuations. Investors were weighing optimism over a stimulus package over rising covid19 infections. We have the s p 500 up. 3 . Hitby utilities, they session highs with new rounds of the economic stimulus measures. We had strong housing numbers. Trip. Com seeing thirdquarter revenue down about 47 to 52 . The forecast is not great when it comes to trip. Com. Yuan. Coming in at 1. 93 a little bit lower than expected. This as we continue to watch the markets, oil coming in. 25 lower. We saw oil climbing to the highest stimulus hopes, but there were doubts over rebounding consumption as the pandemic cases continued to climb. Haidi. Europethat second wave and the u. K. , one of the risks weighing on the investments at the moment. For the final friday session in nat
Still a dollars story. Bloomberg dollar index looking like the u. S. Dollar is steady in the last 12 hours, but on course for potentially its worse july in a decade. The dollar index is flat essentially. U. S. Dollar, yes, i want to focus on this because 103. 50 is a key line. Modest upside for the u. S. Dollar. Japan downgraded from fitch to negative outlook. But you could see further upside. 103. 50 is a line to watch. In terms of offshore currency in the mainland, or in china, 7. 0 is what we are looking at. The euro is modestly stronger against the u. S. Dollar. Gold and silver and the yield story in the u. S. , gold started to modestly moderate. At. 6 is what we are looking silver also taking a bit of profit. Basiseld story, just 14 points for the twoyear and under 60 for the 10 year. We will see what jay powell says on whether yield control is a discussion they are ready to bring forward for the fed. A look atets have what is going on first word news wise as we look at the u. S.
Markets in the weeks ahead. Still pumping more oil into the market from saudi arabia. It comes to the coronavirus story that continues to dominate, President Trump says the u. S. Should be prepared for a painful couple of weeks. Infection rates continue to rise in the u. S. We are hopefully seeing some stabilization in countries like spain and italy. Overall, the global infection rate has passed 800,000. Yvonne. Avon the ecb scrapping european banks. Thats what is weighing on the hang seng. Earnings coming through, really a key indicator in the next couple of weeks. Autos reacting negatively. Down six. 5 . The pboc should impact further cash injections and local authorities should issue more infrastructure bonds. Supporting the economy amid the worsening coronavirus pandemic. Selina wang joining us now from beijing. How significant is this . How should we read into that yvonne that . Selina those pmi numbers coming in better than expected. Back into expansionary territory. Compared to
California utility pg e said to be close to finalizing terms for a 13. 5 billion dollar payout to victims of wildfires sparked by defective equipment. Youre told it would pay half in cash and the rest in stock in the reorganized company, although no final agreements have been reached. Pg e shares rallied strongly on the news but are still down more than 50 this year. The owners of the new york mets are in talks to sell up to 80 of the major league franchise. Were told a deal would be valued at 2. 6 billion and set a path for billionaire steve cohen to take complete control after five years. Hes already an investor in the mets and has a net worth of more than 9 billion. Shery markets open in tokyo and seoul at the top of the hour. Sophie stocks are set to rebound after closing at a low. U. S. Futures little changed. Checking in on the end, Holding Steady while weakening to a twoweek low yesterday, snapping a fourday advance. They opened lower but could gain a 30year option come and. Whe