Geopolitical risks add to headwinds for investors. Oul says north korea must bear all consequences for its actions. Indian defense stocks gain on tension with china. The turnaround when i was sitting in this chair yesterday that we saw in u. S. Futures, the biggest since 2016, we saw a lot of green on the screen fueled by stimulus from the fed on corporate bonds, but also in terms of fiscal stimulus. Today is a different picture. The second wave has become front and center a little bit more again. Investors try to see where to go next. In terms of the equity rally, a mixed picture in asia. The Msci Asia Pacific index is flat. U. S. Futures edging into the red along with european futures. The 10 year yield missing a couple of basis points. Fx, you are not seeing a lot of moves either way for the dollar. G10, you are seeing underperformance of Commodity Currencies, also seeing a pullback in oil, retreating with the outbreak in china perhaps threatening the one bright demand spot there wa
You from the bloomberg terminal. American contagion. The u. S. Records its biggest ever jump in new virus cases. Governors reverse plans to reopen their states. Powell puts his foot down. The fed dividends bid buybacks. Buybacks amid uncertainty around the pandemic. Wall street giant slide in late trading. An elaborate fraud. Auditors accuse them of a sophisticated scheme to hide billions of euros. Visa and mastercard consider cutting ties. Just under one hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe. Lets take a look at the futures as they are trading now. Yesterday, we closed slightly in the green. The u. S. Also rose and rallied into the close on news that banks would get a little bit more room from regulators to trade and be able to use more of their capital buffers, so diminishing the volcker rule, helping in the u. S. European futures are up as well as we get headlines that klm is securing a 3. 4 billion euro bailout from the dutch government, so we see more hope of s
By market. Indonesia coming online. You are seeing a marginal gain. Although when it comes to the virus, the deadliest day yet in indonesia. The story is chinese stocks. The csi 300, we are up another 3 , extending the fiveyear highs. All four of the major benchmarks in china in overbought territory. Is it the case of foam a of fomo . The topix up by 1 . We expect the earnings season to kick off with consumer stocks. The market has underperformed as of late. We are also watching currencies. We mentioned the dollar, posting the drop. Across asia fx, a strong renminbi. Risk on move today. Brent crude, hovering around the 43 mark here. Commodities gaining ground in the second half. Copper futures slightly lower today, but up last week for the seventh straight week. Lets get context with our reporter. There seems to be a very clear upward trend when it comes to virus infections in the u. S. Several other economies have reopened. How do you see that affecting markets right now . Reporter ri
110 per share the last time i looked. For green on the screen mainland equities. They continue to climb higher. The futures in the u. S. Are flat. We can move it on now. In terms of the dollar, there is some weakness. Trade data out earlier. A bit of a squeeze on the aussie. Concerns about the virus as well in victoria. In terms of the euro, that has been on the tail end. We can move it onto some of the commodities were looking at. This thing in terms of inventories. They have been declining but still concerns about the virus and demands there. Gold is currently at 17. 68. There is the spread that we see. Were are looking at really back termsupport, on pause in of additional stimulus to the economy. Yvonne i was hoping for some type of liquidity or something to reverse that trade. Look at what we are seeing here. The Prime Minister of australia has considered this worse. This is falling in line with what we have seen from other Global Leaders like Boris Johnson who now says nearly 3 mi
Although probeijing officials have said we should not be too concerned, it will lead to stability in the city. 7 . Sci asia pacific down it is certainly something of a riskoff mood, following off what we saw toward the end of play on friday in the u. S. The nikkei is down more than 1 . In the mainland, you have a bit of pressure as well a despite industrial profits up 6 coming in over the weekend for the month of may. On to the next board. We will be looking at the currencies. A bit of dollar weakness. On friday it reached its highest level in four weeks, but it has since come off slightly, leading to a bit of strength for the offshore currency here in china. The korean won is up about plan to 01 . On to some of the commodities we are looking at. Wti has been under pressure as the demand story as we focus on the rate of infections, 10 million infections, 500,000 deaths, you can see that it is lower today. Gold, science that investors are preparing to cross through 1800. 0. 64 . Year yi