What,d right, just gone i am Rishaad Salamat in hong kong. Haidi i am haidi lun in sydney. We are setting up for a muted start to the trading week. Japanese trade members worse exports at least disappointing, dragging down the nikkei. We look ahead to the china open, contract showing a negative open as well. Rishaad indeed, the lack of momentum after a lot of momentum, perhaps this so called reflation trade losing steam. , a fairly muted session on wall street on friday. That wait and see approach on investor minds. 30 minutes away from the start of the session in hong kong. Singapore, taipei, kl coming online. Here is sophie. Sophie we are anticipating a subdued trading day in asia. The bright spot taiwan, new zealand, and singapore. Straight times marginally higher ahead of that budget update today. By. 3 ,ei 225 lower falling for a Third Straight day following trade numbers this morning. The kospi lower despite the rise in samsung shares. Focusing on australia, the asx 200 falling.
Bid. Shery expect profittaking. It is 8 00 a. M. Bright and early in to buy. I am yousef gamal eldin. Shery it is midday in hong kong. I am shery ahn. Taking a look at the asian markets. It is a mixed picture across the board, the hang seng gaining. 3 . Lot to do with just optimism across the board, but function,u look at my markets a bit more subdued for a monday, excellent data out of japan, but also president s day holiday in the u. S. , the dollar index study, losing a quarter while steel is leading the gains when it comes to commodities. Gains seeing doubledigit for steel rebar futures contracts and china. Look at the strain to year yield down to basis points. The 10 year bond yield finally declining after six Straight Days of advances among but i get ahead of myself because so much uncertainty out there. I cant say it is an optimistic picture just yet. Yousef we look at the conventional metrics and a lot of these Asset Classes, for example, u. S. Treasury yields, but let me show
Hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped in that city. And they kept scoring and scoring and scoring again during a recordsetting nba allstar game. The leagues best racked up nearly 400 points in new orleans. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, february 28th. From abc news, this is world news now. Trying to fast forward . I dont know what day im livin. February 28th . No, its february 20th. You can calm down. It would be nice if payday were around the corner. We get started with the president explaining himself after comments made at a rally caused International Confusion for some. Thats right. The president referred to something that happened on friday in sweden. Many thought the president was talking about a terrorist incident. That was news to swedish officials who wondered what he was talking about. Heres abcs richard cantu. Reporter in one of his now familiar freewheeling speeches, President Trump included these remarks. You look at whats happening in germany.
Last night in sweden, sweden. Who would believe this . Sweden. And saying the media is not his enemy but the enemy of the American People. The assassination caught on camera, new Surveillance Footage of the moment two attackers reportedly targeted the brother of the north Korean Leader poisoning him in a matter of seconds. The race to find the suspects this morning. Breaking overnight, a terrifying accident on the track. Can we send another ambulance to the speedway . We have got a pretty big accident. A race car flipping. Flipping violently in turn two. Crashing into a fence and into the stands injuring spectators. One airlifted to the hospital. We do say good morning, america, on this monday morning. Great to have david muir here with us. Great to be here. Happy president s day. Happy president s day. Did some math for you, 1353 days until the next president ial election. President Trump Holding a Reelection Campaign rally starting too soon and comments about sweden, that incident he
Trapped in that city. And they kept scoring and scoring and scoring again during a recordsetting allstar game. Nearly 400 points racked up. Those are the top stories this february 20th. From abc news, this is world news now. Trying to fast forward . I dont know what day i am living . February 28th . No, it is february 20th. It would be exciting if payday was right around the corner. Lets get started with the news. We begin with the president explaining himself. Some of his comments at a weekend rally caused International Confusion for some. He referred to something that happened friday in sweden. Many thought the president was talking about a terrorist incident. That was news to swedish officials who wondered what he was talking about. Heres reporter in one of his new freewheeling speeches, President Trump included these remarks. You look at whats happening in germany. You look at whats happening last night in sweden. Sweden. Who would believe this . Sweden. They took in large numbers.