We are going mostly down. Trump has used his executive powers to ban investments in companies that are associated to the Chinese Military. Lets look at some other asset classes. Dollar index unchanged. The euro, which has been under the caution with the dollar. Crude, just dropping below 40 bucks a barrel. We have the surprise stockpile gain in the u. S. Gold price moving up as well. Goldman sachs saying they are bullish on not just gold but also copper. Lets move to what is happening first word news was. We get over to new york and joined karina mitchell. Karina the chances of a new stimulus package in the u. S. Are receiving with the white house saying sources tell us gop leaders will not lead any of the talks. Mitch mcconnell has been more distant from a democrat proposals, reducing the chances of a new deal. The Federal Reserve is again warning fiscal stimulus is required to support the u. S. Economy as potential vaccines may not end the economic fallout from the coronavirus. Chair
Point 46 overnight. Political posturing is taking place with taking place between london and brussels. Checking in with some of the other little asset of the other asset classes. Gold pulling back in tandem with ,. 10 lower. Tom lets get you the first word news and an update on the continued spread of covid19. Have surged past 40 million and show no signs of slowing. U. S. Infection rates rising in 48 states while europe is inosing tighter restrictions london, paris, and other cities under strict curves with ireland enacting some of the toughest restrictions yet seen. The World Health Organization says failure to control quarantine rules has led to the resurgence. I stocks hit a six month low amid fears continuing street protests will drive investors away and further hurt the weakening economy. The benchmark index closed at its lowest level since april 16 as demonstrators bow to keep up pressure for constitutional reform and curbs on the monarchy. The index has lost more than 5 of its
3 . 5. 6 , but improvement from the previous ask. Haslinda it does look like china continues to Gain Momentum in terms of recovery. Lets look at where we are in terms of market reaction. Just. 1 . Underperformed after its biggest rally in more than 5. 5 years. Up. 2 . Pretty muted. Belowe been dragging this 6. 8, a strengthening that we saw onshore and offshore. Jp morgan is seeing gains. The 10 year yields. Take a look. Study right now. 313 after that fresh quiddity injection. Yvonne lets break down these numbers with the head of macro resource. Chinasensus about economic recovery and renminbi since april. What is your take on these numbers . I think the number basically confirms that the Economic Activities are normalizing, especially on the consumption front. We see from highfrequency data that retail sales, etc. That were hit during covid19 are slowly coming back. Upside for september data. Also, from the production side, recovery from earlier in the year. There are three things Go
Restrictions in one city, but investors are brushing that off. As well, up firmly part of the Semiconductor Story, looking forward to samsung earnings. Looking at currency, the dollar story almost the weakest in terms of the bloomer dollar index, for close to two years bloomberg dollar index, for close to two years. Down for tense of 1 . Hasonshore yuan strengthened. The aussie dollar up as well. On the next board, looking at gold, futures breaking through 2000 announce. You have the likes of bank of america predicting you could get 3000 in therice next 18 months. Wti up 3 10 of 1 . The 10 year yield has edged up marginally at 62 basis points. You can see there has been a marginal rotation out of chinese 10 year as well, more risk on sentiment in the mainland. Rishaad all right, lets look at one of the biggest movers, 7 . Shares up around one at one point. We have a company that has become the worlds 10th biggest stock. Our guest from aberdeen standard investments. Thank you for joinin
Far as asset classes. The asian index, down. 2 . Up 16 . Date, it is not too bad, but not the extent of what we saw on the s p. The csi 300 index in positive territory, up. 3 . The pmi numbers, beating expectations. 50. 2 versus estimates of 50. 1. Talked about a possible stabilization of the chinese economy and exports may return. Lets flip the page. Take a look at where we are in currencies. It has been a dollar story. It has been down for three days, the dollar index down by. 1 . For thear, falling Third Straight session, falling to its lowest in almost six months. Gold has been a huge surprise, continues on the upside, climbing for three weeks, largely to dollar weakness and the gold index, silver could be playing catchup. Reminder, some markets are shut today and you have some truncated sessions in singapore, hong kong, as well. We are shut in the next 60 minutes or so. Happy hour comes early for you today. Here is where we were on friday. Big gains. We were flat yesterday and it