The bloomberg. Back to school. Boris johnson appeals to parents to send children back to class even as a resurgence in the virus in europe hits hard. Saysu trade commissioner he is profoundly sorry for attending a golf dinner in the midst of the pandemic. Of as push higher on hopes thaw in u. S. China trade relations area and markets turn their attention to this weeks virtual jackson hole and the fed fighting crisis measures. Trump and powell both on thursday. More than 100,000 people protest against the fellow russian president in rainy minsk the belarusian president in rainy minsk. We are just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading across europe and in the u. K. Lets take a look at futures this morning. We have some decent green a percentre than half gains across the indexes. One of the reasons is optimism that the u. S. And china are going to get along a little bit better amid reports administration is telling Tech Companies they can keep working with tencent. Take
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To break trump has yet the stimulus long gem. Softbank backs the virus handed record losses in may at a drop of the value, some may change with earnings later. Lets get a quick check of how the markets are trading. We are seeing u. S. Futures under a little bit of pressure, down 1 10 of 1 . We have President Trumps executive actions on stimulus measures boosting sentiment. That weighed in indices. The s p 500 saw the highest close in sixmonth in the longest winning streak since 2017. Aska futures at the moment japan comes back from mountain day holiday. I mentioned softbank earnings coming back later. The japanese yen Holding Around the weakest in more than two weeks. The bloomberg dollar index unchanged at the moment. This after it touched a oneweek high. Watch out for some data this morning. We are getting south koreas 10 day trade data. We are getting japan numbers, not to mention singapores final gdp numbers. Crude headed towards 42 a barrel after gaining the most in a week after s
Charles evan calls for credibly important government stimulus. Australia heads into Earnings Seasons amid the first recession in decades and a virus pandemic that is crippling the economy. It promises to be one of the most challenging periods on record. Here is how markets are trading. We are seeing u. S. Fewer sugars u. S. Futures under pressure. We had ask leading u. S. China tensions fan yelling fanning the data. The bloomberg dollar index flat at the moment. This after a fifth consecutive weekly decline that will be the longest losing stretch since january of 2018. The offshore yuan is flat at the moment. This after the yuan led declines in asian currencies. We have President Trump moving to been tiktok and we chat. Hang seng futures down to tense up 1 . Under pressure from the last two sessions. It is a thin trading day. Singapore and japan are closed. We have a china data blitz that could be confirming the recovery we are seeing. We have ppi numbers. Not to mention retail sales a