Stay above the bankruptcy waters. Imax which counts amc as its biggest u. S. Partner, is watching closely. A fox business exclusive with the imax ceo on how hes focusing the lens of his company for the unknown. Plus we will ask him when does he think chinas screens will light up again. They tried to open them, then promptly shuttered them in china. We will ask rich that. And businesses big and small tapping government loans to stay afloat but what about all of those mom and pop microbusinesses desperately trying to survive . The godaddy ceo with us on saving millions of his web service customers. But look, we have green on the screen here. Markets betting the economy is about to get its engines revving again. Whether thats true or wishful thinking, tech is driving a robust rally with the nasdaq poised to exit its bear market hibernation. All the nasdaq needs to see is a gain of just over 40 points. Could it happen with less than an hour to the closing bell . Got to stay with me. Lets s
Exception of the new zealand dollar. We see the japanese yen weakening a bit and the renminbi was in focus. To 1714. Nching closer 711 93 for your onshore. Bonds are mixed across the board. Australian 10 we are watching it was the rba announced not a smaller amount than expected. Seeing a little bit of a selloff when it comes to your aussie bones. Up eight basis points. Areomes to brent, we getting a little bit of a breather. Higher. A half percent we are hovering around 21 for wti. There is optimism President Trump is going to be meeting. Ith oil execs that is leading to some of the oil bulls to come back out again. Lets get the first word news. U. S. Intelligence is accusing china of concealing the true extent of the coronavirus outbreak. Underreporting total cases and deaths. We are told the public statements about the infection have been intentionally incomplete and the numbers are fake. Beijing has changed its reporting of people and added hundred 30 extra cases in the first day.
And taiwan. You have elections coming up. Keep your eye on that. We are either flat or slightly higher. Safe havens, looking at dollaryen above the below the 200 day moving average. You are looking at oil pushing towards session highs, new york 1. 6 to the upside. In case you missed it, breaking news out of iraq, the top iranian commander was killed in a u. S. Airstrike with reports in the last 30 minutes or so. Thena lets get more on markets. David was just mentioning this news about the commander being killed in baghdad. What does it mean . What are you watching her . I think it means we will have geopolitical tensions coming back in the new year. The s p 500 in reversing earlier gains, and the yen is being beat up. But i dont think this is going to last. I think after the dust has settled and the markets continue to focus on the fundamental improvement, this liquidity part can still continue after china with liquiditya banks. An era for the emerging markets. Same macro theme. It wil
Japan hits back with an arrest warrant. Kathleen and the latest results from samsung. Shares remain close to an alltime high. Australian markets have open. Sophie, what is the latest . Seeing oil names with the declines along at the start of trade. Checking in on whats happening with the aussie dollar, looking flat after its biggest drop since august. , this morningline still below the level as we anticipate more policy support from beijing. Gold looking likely to continue. First words get the news from new york. The effect of the bush arsenal shag are being felt halfway around the world. About 12,000 kilometers from sydney. Five have killed at least one for people and up to a billion animals. They are generating their own west or system whether systems that can in turn ignite new blazes. The internal investigation that led to the ouster was never about finding the truth and he wanted to be interviewed himself as part of the probe. Hes promising to name people he said engineered a coup
Source sores soars. Australian markets have just open for trade. Lets turn to sophie for what to watch. Sophie its hitting the Snooze Button with markets little changed to the downside. Aussie dollar just retreating a touch. We are also keeping an eye on what is happening with the u. K. Election taking place thursday and india very much focused as we get Health Checks on the economy. We are also waiting on japanese machine orders. We have singapore on the docket as well. Paul thanks very much. Lets check in on first word news with ritika gupta. Ritika the u. K. Vote later thursday in an election that will define its relationship with the eu for years to come. Brexit has been the central issue in the campaign with Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisting the contingency board will only happen quickly if the conservatives turn a strong victory. Uncertainty surrounding brexit has led to eu leaders hoping for a johnson win so the negotiations can come to an end. We will have special extended