Constructive. It needs funds to help reduce a crippling total debt of 130 billion. The streets of hong kong, demonstrators clashing with police for a 16th consecutive weekend. Shery lets get you started with a check of the markets. Seeing u. S. Futures gaining ground,. 5 . This after the s p 500 lost ground on friday. We have seen stocks higher throughout the session. The we got reports that chinese delegation in the u. S. Had canceled their visit to u. S. Farms. That led markets lower. We had trade sensitive stocks, like consumer stocks and tech, leading the declines. The nasdaq fell the most in over two weeks. After the close, we saw local media reports in china that the cancellation of those trips to u. S. Farms had nothing to do with trade negotiations. Perhaps risk on sentiment being felt across the market. Treasuries rallied throughout the week. 10 year yields now at the moment at 172 level. Lets see how things are shaping up in asia. Japan markets are closed on holiday, but the
Dollars in market value as the spotlight shines on its chinese Production Base where almost all made. Worlds iphones are Taiwan Semiconductor for using patented chip technologies. The u. S. Trade agency imposes import bands that could roil the market. First, to our top story. Days after escalating the market with the trade war with china, President Trump says beijing badly wants to make a trade deal. Pres. Trump i think they want to make a deal. Im not sure they have a choice. The united states, which has never collected . 10 from china will, in a fairly short period of time, will be over 100 billion in tariffs. Taylor to discuss more, i want to bring in peter. It is very interesting. We sat here friday and the stocks in chipmakers dropped 4 . The sentiment has improved. Would you agree with investors that we got an improved reading . Oday on trade peter it is mildly better. That trump is saying the chinese won a deal, to me that shows that trump wants a deal. You can regard that as tr
Is looking like its biggest handicap. Going global. Worldwideplans a expansion. Shery lets get a quick check of how the markets closed in the u. S. We saw a stock rally with the dow gaining 270 points, while the s p 500 was higher by 1. 1 . We had already seen stocks higher since the morning session after President Trump said the prophets for a deal were better chinaw anytime talks with began last year. The positive sentiment on trade was spurred higher with the presser from president s macron and trump in the afternoon where we heard them both be positive on trade but also potentially no auto tariffs on japan. Not to mention a sit down with iran. We saw the stocks on the s p 500 and the green. Lets be mindful that volume was pretty thin. About 20 below the average at this point. U. S. Futures at the moment unchanged, but this as concerns are still out there on perhaps a recession hitting the u. S. We continue to see the yield curve inversion deeper into negative territory. Paul . Paul
Between the eu and u. K. To avoid some really catastrophic stuff in financial markets, but that is pretty that is pretty limited. The government has certainly stepped up its efforts. That is true on the eu side as well. One of the things thats going to be interesting is if there were an election, there would be some control over how much the government would continue to do no deal planning during the Election Campaign. It is also true that some things could be prepared for and some things you simply cannot prepare for. One of the things people are most worried about is food. You have ministers saying there will be adequate food and enough food, but you also have the supermarkets saying that christmas is going to be a real problem. Joe obviously Boris Johnson in theory wants to call an election for a few weeks from now, but theresa may also called a snap election, thinking that she would dominate, then was done by the for showing of the conservative party. Labour nearly took over. I kno
He says and hands power back to brussels. To braceg warns china for a long struggle. President trump says a trade deal will be far tougher if he is reelected. Shery a quick check of how markets closed in the u. S. After being back from a long holiday weekend. Started firmly in the red. We had brexit concerns and trade tensions as well. The dow and nasdaq lost more than 1 . Tech and industrials leading the declines. The s p 500 showing its first loss in four sessions. We continue to see these concerns, not to mention that u. S. Factory numbers that we got during the morning session, we also saw the worst contraction in about three years. Treasury yields were under pressure. U. S. Futures at the moment not doing much but we have plenty of data coming out on asia as well. Let see how things are shaping up there. Selina that contraction in the u. S. Factory is a reminder of how fragile markets are amid the trade war. The futures market pointing to a mixed and muted market. Dataso saw some