Policy speech. The city faces rising infection rates and a clamp from beijing. Joe biden names his Foreign Policy and Security Team as he with to calm Relations International friends and foes. He says america is back ready to lead. Haidi lets look at the set up at the start of trading. We are seeing some green shoots at the open, about. 4 higher. Global stocks as well as asian stocks continuing to be on a tear. We are watching keenly for developments in kiwi assets, given we had the rbc releasing its semiannual stability report. This is pushing the kiwi dollar higher. U. S. Ashed through . 70 yesterday and we are seeing expectations of negative rates dissipate even further. Unlovedtors rotate into areas, it may not mean the end of things that have been successful so far. John praveen is Portfolio Manager for qma. He joins us on the phone from new york. We are talking about what happens to big tech given the rotation trade gaining a more solid footing. Is it the behavioral changes, chan
Talks have been delayed until thursday. Diplomatic and trade tensions between australia and china formed the backdrop as the rba prepares its latest statements. Economists see no change. Shery we will start with breaking news out of south korea. We are getting the final Third Quarter gdp numbers. When it comes to the year on year numbers, a contraction of 1. 1 . This is coming in a little better than expected. The quarter on quarter numbers also rising more than expected, 2. 1 , and beating estimates of growth of only 1. 9 . We have seen some pretty positive ratings especially when it comes to the south korean export numbers. They have seen a lot of external demand, especially in china and the u. S. , despite the fact we continue to see virus infections accelerate in those economies. Again, thirdquarter gdp numbers for the final numbers now beating expectations and coming in at growth of 2. 1 quarter on quarter, haidi. Haidi lets take a look at where we are sitting when it comes to thi
Rose. Microsoft saw a better First Quarter revenue, helped by demand for Cloud Services as more people work remotely. Sales through september topping 37 billion. Melbourne, the merge from a melbourne emerges from a strict lockdown. Ours and restaurants are reopening, even home visits are allowed. Shery lets get you started with a check of the markets. U. S. Futures opening lower, down. 4 . This after stocks fell to a three week low in the regular session. We had cyclical stocks taking the brunt as virus cases continued to climb globally. We have the nasdaq composite pulling back of yesterdays losses on the deal around amd. Durable goods orders coming in better than expected. Lets see how things are shaping up for the asian markets. Here is Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong. Sophie we are seeing losses continue here in asia. Chip stocks very much a focus after amds deal to buy. Earnings. We have results from sony, zte, as well as budweiser asia to name a few. And a straley or, we have had
Finalizing a blank check operation around the frenzy. Haidi trying to take that winning streak into a seventh straight session. Retrading pretty optimistically. We are seeing gains about. 25 when it comes out the gate. The aussie dollar trading on the back. We are seeing gains for almost two weeks straight now ahead of the federal election. At kiwi dollar is sitting 37. We are seeing almost no change through the open. Have nikkei futures not doing much at the moment. Is at a oneweek high the u. S. Dollar dollar. 15 on year. E than from those that we saw in session. Operations restarting. Speak, theng, as we morning training trading has been lead due to the storm. We are talking about the Tropical Storm being upgraded to a storm signal eight. Options have been delayed. They will make a further later, but there will be no morning a warning isuch lowered. Dominating across the markets. Lets turn to tom mackenzie. We have been talking about trade tensions when it comes to australia. Haidi
In 34 states, the 70 average of new cases is higher than a month ago. Australia set to lay out a big spending budget to revise the economy and generate jobs. Today. Also makes it shery heres how markets are looking right now. U. S. Futures opening flat after u. S. Stocks rose in the regular session. They ended the session at a three week i. We have the s p 500 and the nasdaq and the dow beginning more than 1 . The nasdaq composite so its best in almost a month. We have the s p 500 closing at session highs. We had optimism over a potential stimulus package. Nothing mentioned President Trump being released from hospital tonight. Regeneron rallying after President Trump was given their experimental antibiotic treatment. Energy was a big gainer. Take a look at wti which is above 39 a barrel and continues to gain ground at the moment after the largest jump since may, rallying in tandem with the equity markets. Lets see how things are shaping up for the asian markets. Here is Sophie Kamarudd