Foreign purchases. We have the first public impeachment hearing testimony revealing the president s lawyer was digging up dirt in his shadow diplomacy in ukraine. Howi lets take a look at we are setting up when it comes to the start of trading here in sydney. Investors dealt a pretty mixed hand overnight. Stocks closing pretty close to fresh record highs. Still, uncertainty over the lingering trade negotiations continuing to chip away at sentiment. We are hearing potentially the agricultural purchases that had been a solid part of the phase i deal could be in doubt. China reportedly saying if these tariffs are not resolved, they could back away from purchasing more u. S. Soy and pork. Taking a look at the picture, just about 1 10 of 1 . Watching the labor market numbers, typically quite volatile, could be a move in the aussie dollar. New zealand, upside about 1 10 of 1 after the reserve bank of new zealand held on rates for their last meeting of the year somewhat unexpectedly, causing
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