Worldwide trade has been slashed. Postnba future, we will hear from lebron james. Feeling more risk as we head into the last trading session of the week for asia. Lasttrading flat after the halfhour of frenzied gains, s p 500 up 20 loss in the previous session. Nikkei futures at the moment looking flat. Dollaryen holding at 107. Gainingg dollar index with the exception of the kiwi and aussie dollar. It feels like we will see modest over in spite of concerns increased virus numbers, particularly in the u. S. And globally we are averaging 150,000 new cases per day. The underscores uncertainty. The senate in the u. S. Approving a bipartisan bill that would limit banks doing business with chinese officials involved in hong kong. Tom mackenzie is in beijing. It still has to be signed into law. Given unanimous consent, how likely is it this will be enacted . Tom very likely at this stage. It has bipartisan support in the house and it has been signed off in the senate. It will end up on trump
Nejra welcome to daybreak europe. A fourth day of green on the screen for asian equities. Donald trump has talked about being in the final throes of coming to a phase one deal. A mixed picture below the surface. We are seeing a weakness in chinese equities, after the biggest drop on industrial profits on record. The u. S. Benchmark hit record. The fx, the aussie is the underperformer in g10. A two rate cut call for the rba. Some poll showed yesterday that the conservatives are narrowing their lead over labour. Oil slightly off on the back inventories. On donald trump says the u. S. Is in the final throes of a trade agreement with china signaling progress on a deal that has been years. Works for two but in a interview with the fox news host, trump said he is holding up the trade deal to ensure better terms for the u. S. Joining us is Patrick Armstrong. We keep hearing records on all u. S. Benchmarks, does it surprise you . Patrick it is a narrative that that is why we are hitting new fe
Bolton and mike pompeo as folks who were complicit in these arrangements the testimony of Gordon Sondland had been widely anticipated because hes one of the only witnesses being called who has spoken directly with the president. There is uncertainty over how many times he spoke with the president , but hes someone who appears to have the president s thinking and now in his Opening Statement he will say that he believes there was a quid pro quo. Guys, back to you. Really quick, the times this morning also adding another layer that he kept the secretary of state mike pompeo perhaps more informed than we were previously led to believe. Any sign of that in the testimony that you have seen reporter the testimony itself is 19 pages long for his Opening Statement. So were still digging through it and, of course, well hear him deliver it in just a few minutes. But one thing we also do know is that he largely confirms the account of a state Department Aide who says he overheard Gordon Sondland
2 00 in our trading day on the east coast. Nasdaq composite leading the way again up 1. 6 . The s p 500 adding more than a percent. Dow jones industrial are the laggard but higher by half a percent and chip stocks helping to boost that. Nvidia now up 85 this year. Its added almost a trillion dollars in market cap in 2024 so far. Its only march 7th. Micron higher on the upgrade from stifel and intel gaining on reports its expected to receive 3. 5 billion from the government to develop advanced chips for the military. All about the chips. 900 a share. I mean. For nvidia. I remember when it was 700. Unbelievable. I remember back when it was 700 about two weeks ago. Gosh. Lets move on now and begin with the state of the union. The president is expected to propose, among other things, a 21 minimum tax on corporations and a quadrupling of the tax on corporate buybacks. Bob pisani joins us from the nyse and you followed buybacks for years and what would the impact of what the president is pro
City this morning. For our audience worldwide, this is bloomberg surveillance. Equity futures on the s p 500 up. 2 . Date two for chairman powell and in washington, d. C. It is the state of the Union Address. We will catch up with amh in washington. It was a win for wall street but not the kind of win we were thinking about. This was not Monetary Policy, this was about Financial Regulations. Lisa there are lobbyists in washington, d. C. Getting massive bonuses. We saw that 19 Capital Requirement that the largest banks in the u. S. Were going to have to hold under new proposals basically being rolled back. Jay powell saying we will make a lot of changes to this after a lot of lobbying. Jonathan day one was in front of the House Financial Services committee. Date two was in front of the senate committee. The senator from massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren, i imagine Elizabeth Warren has followup questions about yesterday. Lisa i imagine she will not be particularly happy when people are loo