Day. Saudi arabia already scaling back production ahead of the may 1 deadline. Lets take a look at how markets are setting up. New zealand is closed for the anzac day public holiday. No trading in kiwi stocks. Seeing optimistic. Japanese future going higher going into the bank of japan decision where bond buying could be on the table. Watching the japanese yen as it passes through rumors and conflicting reports on the health of the north Korean Leader, watching for a risk asset. Side in asiane trading monday, reflecting the pickup in u. S. Trading friday although we are seeing u. S. Futures trending lower in the morning asia session. Saudi arabia has already started curving output ahead of the may 1 starting date for the opecplus output and production curve agreement. Four days of gains when it comes to oil prices. Shery global confirmed cases having an impact on the markets, approaching 3 million according to data elected by bloomberg and Johns Hopkins university. There are signs new
Medical team to north korea. We are pulling together the latest claims. Shery lets get you started with how markets are trading. U. S. Futures are extending gains we saw on friday. Last week we saw Downside Pressure across the markets. The s p 500 was led higher by consumer stocks. President trump signing the 484 billion spending package including money for small businesses. Congress has doled out 3 trillion in that package. Upsideinue to see the with u. S. Futures. Joining the intel ranks of those companies that are now opting to withdraw fullyear guidance. There seeing oil falling as session begins in asia, after the wti hovered around 17 a barrel. And we are going towards the opec output cuts that begin may 1. It is all about the latest headlines on coronavirus cases around the world. They are approaching 3 million according to Data Collected by Johns Hopkins and bloomberg. Has the state saying it death rates have continued to fall and now at the fewest in a month. This as Governor
We will look at the reports across the Global Supply chain. Hsbc puts 35,000 jobs on the chopping block. We will find out what the bank is doing to graphs to grapple with the outbreak. Today, you had a drop in the major averages like the s p 500. The chipmakers getting hit the hardest. This is an art this is after apple of course said they would miss quarterly revenue numbers. Means is a flight to quality, you are now down about 23 basis points or so, very curious. Where they think value is for the 10 year. As around day 180 or so. Yield on the long end, that threemonth 10 year now inverted. The most inverted we have seen it since the beginning of the month. A fairlyis going to be busy day in this part of the world. His hollande new zealand trading already. Futures looking flat in australia as well. Metals, one of the big iron ore minors is reporting earnings. Also crown casino. Gold is priced in gold priced in australian dollars is a record. Currencies, the u. S. Dollar performing fai
And President Trump reits troops in afghanistan and says the taliban is talking about is talking again. Breaking data from south korea breaking data from south korea, industrial reduction from october not good, down 1. 7 percent and seasonally adjusted month on month numbers. The estimate was for a fall of just 3 10 of 1 , certainly a negative territory fall after the 2 hit in september. The numbers were in line in what economists were expecting of a fall of 2. 5 . Looking dire when it comes to Industrial Production and marrying what was saw and mirroring what we saw in the china numbers this week. What else can the bank of korea do in a policy decision coming out and about two hours . It seems they will hold after we saw two cuts already this year, but a lot of questions on how long they can actually pause when it comes to the easing cycle. More on that later on. We will have an economist join us in the next hour to count ton the bok decision, a lot look forward to including the forec
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