For a september quarter. There are also concerns about the ant ipo fallout. And america awaits the outcome of the president ial election, seven states now holding the keys to the white house. Wisconsin heads to a recount and others face challenges in court. Foropen here in sydney friday trading in asian markets, we have seen an eerie calm and trading across equity markets, and globally, on expectations that policy gridlock will me know extreme measures when it comes to the tax front being taken and more status quote when it comes to the visible markets. We are up. 2 when it comes to sydney, the in aussie dollar and commoditieslinked currencies it particularly well. We have the u. S. Dollar fall to its lowest in two years. The nikkei 225, we expect weakness going into the open but we have japanese stocks trading in the green every day of the week. Also watching the yen, but interestingly, as an election respirometer, we continue to watch price action in china as well as volatility in ch
Justice kavanaugh expressed sympathy for mr. Trump plus that votes received after election day would be taken by fraud. Turkey is threatening to military operations in northern syria. The kurdish militants are not clear from areas along its border with syria. Erdogan saidident a russian airstrike that targeted turkey backed Syrian Rebels shows moscow is not looking for lasting peace in the region. His comment conveys after an airstrike that killed dozens of foreign fighters. Global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. I am mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. 1 00 in new york, 5 00 london, 1 00 a. M. Hong kong. Here are top stories we are following. Equities as the s p 500 tumbles around 3 . Headed to its worst day in almost two months. Rising coronavirus cases tough and lockdowns, adding to worries. Toogh there may not be much rude about, bruce think is going to make ago. Insurance platf
8 up. A bit of a conundrum, it weaker than anticipated growth number when weve got Industrial Production and retail sales beating what was going on. Graphically, there you go. Retail sales, 3. 3 to the upside and that is what has been going on in aggregate. A mixed bag, a miss on the headline gdp but certainly a beat for Industrial Production and retail sales. Yeah, the topline picture is that China Remains the only major economy that is recovering at a pace like this but nonetheless, yeartodate, growth around 0. 7 . Year, beginning of the officials had hoped to get around 6 growth for 2020. Nonetheless, the fact retail sales came in well above the estimates will for economists who say we should see a broader economic recovery in china fueled by infrastructure. Straight cap to the pandemic, there would be focus on whether or not the consumer would step up and the numbers suggest that is happening. Ubss headore from of asia economics and achieve china economist. Always great to get your
That really has been down to currencies. The dollar index is up at the moment, but if you look at it over 24 hours, actually, its down by. 3 ,. 4 percent. One of the main beneficiaries of crown weakness has been strength. Sterling has been propelled about 1. 5 in the last day or thereabouts. The dollar weakness has been felt with the yen also moving to the upside. Theres another reason we are seeing upside on equities in japan. Gold not a major beneficiary, though it was at oneweek highs at one stage after the dollar was sagging earlier on. Thats a look at markets. Lets head over to tom. Tom lets get you up to speed with some of the other first word headlines. The Trump Administration is ramping up tensions with china once again, designating six asnland Media Outlets foreign which it says are controlled by beijing. They include the economic daily, which provides a look at beijing economic news. The Administration Says all six are substantially owned or by atively controlled foreign gov
Lot of panic just yet. Nifty futures in the positive in singapore. But see how other markets are faring. Jakarta coming online. That is 1. 5 lower in indonesia. We are watching chinese stocks under a bit of pressure. As we see shortselling on these local exchanges, reaching a record. Hang seng down 112. Hsbc and Standard Chartered having another bad day. And the kospi as well, 1. 5 lower. As take a look in terms of what we saw overnight. The dollar very much in focus. The biggest gain in three months surged on this haven buying. We see real yields are higher. Those things have stabilized a bit. Did see brent crude actually, wti falling from 4 overnight. Gold is hovering around 1916 and silver really took the biggest hit yesterday with the fall of nearly 8 for silver. Taking a look at fx, with that dollar, we are seeing negative reaction that comes across g10 in asia fx. You see the pound. Cultic concerns back in the forefront. We could hear more from boris johnson. The Prime Minister h