News of the father of the Pfizer Vaccine shou. Our conversation with jeremy stopple min later this hour. Tiktoks Parent Company is asking a u. S. Court to intervene in President Trumps attempt to thwart the sale. We will have the latest from beijing. First, a comeback for big tech in the stock market. For more on the trade, we are joined by Sarah Ponczek in new york. Walk us through the day and how tech drove market action. Sarah we did have a tech turnaround today. After two days when the nasdaq fell. You see the nasdaq 100 back on top. You look at your other major benchmarks not staging as much of a rally. So what changed . Not too much. You could say its just a comeback. At the same time, there were headlines being here in new york city, headlines about further restrictions in the city. It begs the question about whether or not people will be working from home, stuck at home with restrictions longer than previously thought, especially with the positive news on the vaccine. With that
Unchanged policy. Coming back from the typhoon slower by 116 points. We are talking about hsbc, one of the laggards here, missing out. The largecaps under pressure, 4819 right now. We are looking. When it comes to dollar dynamics, we did see a stronger dollar, which led to a hit. 379 right. 7 now. The china 10 year yield, we just got the pricing on the dollar bonds. Gold taking a retreat. Brent crude Holding Around 42. Tom lets bring you back to the top story in this region. Xi jinping will bring a major policy address later, in the next 20 to 30 minutes or so. Across the border in shenzhen, to talk about an integrated tech corridor to rival silicon valley. Stephen engle is following the story and joins us from hong kong. Steve, what are you looking for in this speech . Stephen i am looking for a better tagline. They are calling this a chinese socialist pilot zone with chinese characteristics. I think the greater bay is the grander scheme. And xily china wants to jinping with a trip so
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
There we have active futures on the s p up by. 5 . Nasdaq as well. Just seeing what is likely to happen with the start of the indian session and about one hour and 44 minutes. Nifty gaining about. 2 wednesday, looking like we are adding to it. Have some news as well. There were fears among bond traders bond that could have played havoc on the bond markets. That is the yen. We have the pound which has been emerging as a strong currency against its u. S. Counterpart as we get brexit negotiations taking place and certainly it is the way the u. K. And European Union come to an agreement as to what happens after the u. K. Officially leaves the European Union. Seeing some progress with regards to all that. Haslinda lets get the first word headlines for you. President trump signed an executive order to expand u. S. Production of Rare Earth Materials. Amid concerns that Global Leader china they restrict exports. They are used in a vast range of goods. China accounted for 80 of americas imports
You mentioned the vaccine trials with astrazeneca. That is not voting well. Boding well. Chinese markets nearly 2 down for the shanghai composite. The hang seng down 303 points, and the kospi also lower. Watching the dollar declined overnight, given some of the risk off moves. The pound down on the sixth the day, the longest losing streak since may. Streak eurodollar slightly lower. , ian hashe aussieyen been boosted by the haven play. G10 higherthe only than the dollar. Yields pretty much flat right now but we saw treasuries up overnight. This is where we are seeing signs of contagion from the tech selloff, the Commodity Markets and oil markets in particular. Below 40 forst the First Time Since june. Thats get more analysis with our strategist. Mark, the u. S. Session came back from the holiday continuing the tech selloff. How is the market readjusting now . Mark it is not a pretty start in asia. The thing thats concerning wayle is it appears to be beyond tech and is affecting other A