Hang seng is flat. Taiwan is the leader on the board. We will talk about tsmc. They are gaining on the back of the apple news. We continue to watch dollar renminbi. 16 month high for the yen. We could be set for the best performance ever for the renminbi. Look at whats going on the rest of g10. Still seeing a strong yen. Pound is gaining for a third day at 129. The dollar falling to the twoweek low ahead of the fed decision. Take a look at bond yields ahead, not much movement. Its pretty quiet before the fed. Six the seven basis points for u. S. 10 year. Bondsl off in government the fall off in government bonds may have run its course. Saw the biggest cash injects and since 2018. Crude jumping on the back of that Better Chinese data we got yesterday. Back to our top story. A big win on paper, but not much in the real world. Says that Donald Trumps tariffs on chinese goods violated International Regulations, but its unlikely to make much of a material difference. Lets get more from our
59 minutes left to trade, kayla. And that green screen is not something we have seen in a while. We have a big show ahead today on closing bell. A big deal for big steel well talk to the ceo from Cleveland Cliffs and his outlook on the economy later, sneaker startup all birds scoring 100 million in fresh funding. Valuing the company at 1. 7 billion the coceo will join us to tell us how his Company Plans to spend that cash and well have that later on in the show. Lets focus in on the big show were tracking to days rally. Theyre covering the latest tensions in the tech cold war with china start us off on the Broader Market and what youre seeing behind the scenes today. Yeah. Market making the case that last weeks lows and got some traction near the levels its not Something Else tachlt a look at the s p 500 year to date all the indices have a similar look with different mag any tudz we were talking about this level for a long time. This is where we hit the lows a few times last week aroun
Markets slump as warnings from the fed on the need for more stimulus ignites fresh jitters. Powell and mnuchin take the stage again today. Partial measures. France cracks down on gatherings and bars but will not impose a full lockdown to stem a surge in virus cases. Do it like the germans. Richie soon act will set out a new crisis plan to protect jobs today. One proposal is for a wage top up scheme for workers who return parttime. Otherwise known here as we are under no an hour away from the start of cash trading in europe. Big drops anticipated for european stocks. You can see ftse futures down 9 10 of 1 . Dax futures down 1 . Down even futures more. U. S. Futures dont look as bad. Remember, u. S. Stocks took a big hit yesterday. Europe escaped losses. Europe has catch up play on the way down. Set, at least in the s p and dow, to stabilize. Anna absolutely. Thats a crucial transatlantic difference in time. We ended in very different places yesterday. Lets have a look at the gmm. You c
The single currency crosses the key level for the first time in two years. Philip lane says it matters for monetary policy. Andy Swift Financial regulators and the swiss financial of creditart suisse over spying on former employees. Let us get some breaking news for you. Front, u. K. Housing august house prices rising by 3. 7 year on year. This is according to nationwide. 2 on the increase of month. The month on month figure is 2 . The year on year figure is 3. 7 . Very strong numbers follow other measures of stress. We have a right move for july. Know the reason behind all of this. There was pentup demand because of a lockdown. There was a tax incentive put in place. And perhaps a little bit of incentive to move to quiet, rural locations. All of that lifting housing demand. Solid numbers nationwide this morning. Lets get to the broader picture around markets, have a look at futures. For European Equity markets, fairly flat. If you excuse exclude the ftse. The futures picture giving us
Singapore also in the red. Currency markets certainly, we have the sea and why in the frame at the moment. This is as we got the story today about beijing crossing gains in the yuan as it seeks to cheapen exports and bolster weak spending. That is a theory being compounded, saying a stronger yuan is ideal for beijing at a time when president xi is pushing for a more selfreliant economy. That is where we are with the currency markets. Yvonne yeah. Interesting call there. Thats more analysis with eddie cheung, e. M. Strategist. This all about shifting to more selfreliant economy in china. Given the gains we have seen in the renminbi, is it sustainable and how much tolerance is there for further yen strength . Eddie well, i think we certainly do believe there is more room for the cn wide to gain. First in terms of the dollar view, we think the dollar still has more room to go lower. We look at the indices, we are only at about three month highs. We are still below where we are in terms of