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And the next bank of england governor is to be named later. Say fda head and you bailey is in pole position. Paul lets check on how we are doing in the markets. Australia just opened. We have a staggered open, so very much early days. Ever so slightly higher. New zealand continuing to build on record highs that it reached thursday, up. 5 right now. Nikkei futures looking kind of flat. We are of course waiting on numbers, cpi numbers for november, expecting to see a slight uptick mainly inspired by the sales tax. We also have futures just coming online, looking flat as well. Lets check in on the first word news and get over to jessica summers. Central banks made headlines with policymakers in swedenying on hold but swimming against the tide and ending half a decade of negative rates. Bank indonesia kept its key rate unchanged for a second straight month, saying the economy and exports will rebound in 2020. The boj also held as expected, with the governor echoing the more optimistic tone
And inflation hopes are fading fast. Then President Trump steps up his attack on his potential election rival joe biden, calling on china to launch an investigation. Later, apple made a pricey gamble on the iphone 11 camera as more people get their hands on the device, we will ask if the gamble has paid off, but first, lets get you a quick check of how markets are trading at the moment. We are seeing u. S. Futures currently unchanged at the moment. It is still early in the session, but this, of course, coming after the s p 500 rose the most in a month. We are talking. 8 gain for the s p 500 as we had Week Services sector numbers, the weakest weve seen in about three years. That, of course, sort of raised odds the fed could be moving, and that led to investors pricing and more rate cuts. The dow gaining 122 points, and the nasdaq leading those gains with gains of more than 1 . We also had financials higher, but a little bit of underperformance that we saw against the broader markets as
Reinforce a sobering message. Bloomberg technologys says apples new iphone features equipment that is best in class. We are seeing u. S. Futures under pressure, down. 1 present. 1 . Make a comeback after dropping about 1 as we services readings. It managed to bounce back. Investors bet more said action will be needed. We have the 10 year yield falling for a sixth consecutive session and headed towards 1. 5 . Contact leslie gains with the nasdaq gaining more than 1 . Sophie. Sophie futures are looking mixed as the regional benchmark is set for a third weekly loss. In tokyo, we are watching for reaction to reports that the u. S. Japan trade deal will take effect on january 1. President moon is to meet with the chiefs of four business lobby groups. He will meet with investors to explain the state of the economy. Switching the board to check in on bonds this morning, we have aussie 10 year yield slipping below 90 basis points, and the kiwi 10 year yield is below one percent this morning. A
Torrid few days. Lets get to some of the movers and Asset Classes making waves. Quickly looking at the 10 year one of the council numbers suggesting he wants to get out of the negative Interest Rate regime we have as quickly as possible. The yen on the way up,. 1 , down the dollar. By rupee the dollar down. 25 . Weve got banking issues in india at the moment playing out on the bond market but what we have what does the r. B. I. Say about all of that later . The hang seng Property Index is actually up. 1 after recent declines. Country garden coming out with a pollen figures showing how bad appalling figures showing how bad things are here. Lets get to new york and look at world news headlines. With thell start latest on the trade negotiations. Chinas top trade negotiator flies back to washington next week. This as the two sides revive talks that have been stalled for months. Details have not been released but it is thought they will begin meeting as of thursday. Negotiations were given