Saying china is the greatest threat to democracy worldwide. The u. S. The bloomberg u. S. Dollar index. Crude getting a lift after an opec agreement that came through. Theyre going to be keeping curbs in place in terms of production but we could see on a month by month basis some of those curbs being removed. Agrees to ease cuts more gradually. Gold about 1 10 of 1 lower. Bitcoin using some of its sheen and declinings extensive 1 . With all that in mind, lets find out what is happening in new york. Karina we start with the news on pfizer. It slumped on reported may ship only half of the vaccines it planned to this year. Issues supply chain will cut it to 50 million. Anthony found she is taking the u. K. For rushing to clear the pfizer vaccine. Moderna claims it shows what it claims is durability. Republican Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is calling for a smaller more focused stimulus package for the u. S. Economy as democrats scale back demands to find a route forward. The base
Amazon partners with an old text stalwart. That is blackberry. How they plan to revolutionize tech. Those stories in a moment. The u. S. Stocks posting another record high amid news of new stimulus talks. They are progressing with a plan to pass by the weekend. Abigail doolittle has more on that. Also, i know you have been following the latest Earnings Results out of snowflake. Shares down after hours a bit. This is a big test for them after their blockbuster debut. Abigail it is. Lots of big movers relative to earnings after hours come snowflake being one of them. With snowflake, what you are referencing is that huge ipo, biggest ipo of the year back in september. This is their First Quarter as a publicly traded company, so they are finding out what it is about to these shares are absolutely plunging in the after hours, down 19 . This is an Application Software company, up just 37 year to date. They have struggled a little bit, and in this quarter they posted a wider loss than expecte
The 1. 20 mark. We will talk about that in just a moment. We are basically flat. Brent crude, which has soared during the month as well, what and what is happening very ,arefully with that opec story trading 47. 68. In terms of the german bund market today, we are seeing a little bit of movement, but not much. That kind of captures the story of the last month, doesnt it . Not Much Movement in the bond market, lots of movement elsewhere in risk assets. This kind of sums it up, the one month of the stoxx 600. For some markets, many markets here in europe, smaller markets were up by over 20 . Alix back to the main news with the vaccine because it is monday, so we obviously have vaccine news. Moderna is requesting clearance for its vaccine in the u. S. And europe today after analysis showed it was 94 point 1 effective in preventing covid19. Moderna Ceo Stephane Bancel will be speaking to us later. He earlier said that we have millions of doses ready. We will have more and more every couple
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
Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell says President Trump is right to protest the vote cap. The u. S. Sanctions more people in hong kong over chinas increasing control. Washington has suspended its treaty with hong kong and ended reciprocal treatments on shipping. Haidi lets take a look at this market situation we are setting up for. It is firmly risk on after all the really bullish view overnight on account of the high efficacy from the biotech vaccine. Asx 200 trading higher by 1 10 of 1 . It is a handful of asiapacific markets there is or going into overboard territory. One of those is new zealand. We are seeing kiwi stocks of about 9 10 of 1 . We have the rbnz decision ahead of us this week but that market is up now for six consecutive sessions. Nikkei futures reversing pretty dramatically at the moment. Above looking at opening 25,000 for the first time in 30 years. Trading at thell highest since november 1991. A quick look when it comes to u. S. Futures as well. S p active futures u