Infections heading towards 16 million. Hong kong says the situation is increasingly severe. Has extended the Wage Subsidy Program beyond september to protect the economy from fallout from coronavirus. Shery a quick check of how the markets are trading. We are seeing u. S. Futures kicking off unchanged. This after we saw u. S. Stocks rally amid encouraging vaccine news, this time from the university of oxford and astrazeneca. The s p 500 finished at the highest since february, turning positive for the year. Tech and discretionary stocks outperforming. The vaccine optimism sort of faded. We have a very Competitive Landscape that failed to impress. Risk was revived in the afternoon session following improved u. S. Infection numbers. California and arizona reporting a slow down infections. We still have that stayathome defense rate being back with strength. The underperformance from the russell 2000 very pronounced, while the nasdaq also finished at another record high. Take a look at what
Infection rates low in tokyo but hong kong says the situation is increasingly severe. Jack ma looks to make more headlines. He is aiming for a 200 billion valuation with between listings in hong kong and shanghai. Look at how take a we are setting up when it comes to the asian open. We have a lot of positivity carrying on from that session. Investors are backing that buy the dip trend. The nasdaq hitting the alltime high. The s p hitting positive for the year. S p active futures contracts a little bit lower at the moment but it seems like the positive. Evelopment on vaccines trading sideways if you will. The dollar was broadly weaker in g10 except for the yen. We had Dollar Strength and yen weakness overnight. That is the handle we are looking at ahead of Inflation Numbers out of japan and getting machine tool numbers as well as some Retail Sentiment numbers by way of Department Store sales. Crude and gold were both a little bit lower in the asian start to the session. Some positive de
The opecplus curbs doing little for the global glut. The virus drags on demand. Policymakers are focused on the Economic Impact of the virus. We will hear from a policymaker later this hour. Shery we are seeing downside for u. S. Futures. This coming on the back of a second straight week of gains. We have seen coronavirus cases start the United States to stabilize. We are seeing coronavirus debts and cases here in new york coronavirus cases here in new york start to decline. Brent is down. There was a loss of 8. 5 on friday. There is a gloomy outlook on oil prices, wti at the lowest level on record. Haidi we have been listening into President Trump speaking at the daily Coronavirus Briefing at the white house, talking about additional testing and stimulus and conversations with the democrats coming close to a deal. President trump saying Vice President mike pence will be helping having discussions with u. S. Governors when it comes to shortcomings in testing in information will go ahea
Raid, senators are expected to work on 2020 spending on several departments including agriculture, commerce, transportation and housing. Now the live coverage of the senate. Senators are expected work on 20 20 spending on several departments including agriculture, commerce, transportation and housing. While we wait for senators to return, look at remarks on the senate floor dealing with impeachment inquiry against President Trump on the whistleblower, alex the house of representatives continues its impeachment inquiry into whether the president jeopardize National Security by pressuring the york rain to interfere with our elections, the white house , their allies in congress and the media have resorted to despicable tactics to falsely discredit individuals who have provided the house testimony. Yesterday Lieutenant Colonel alexander. Men serving on a detail in thewhite house testified before congress. In ltc vindmans testimony was announced and especially in the past 24 hours hes been
Bond market in the u. S. , as well as in europe, particularly in germany. Time now for global exchange. We are going to bring you todays market moving news from all around the world, from hong , newto tokyo, to milan york and d. C. Chinese officials are casting doubt on a longterm trade agreement. Running the is enda curran. What did we learn overnight . Of just is a reminder how far both sides have to go before we reach any type of deeper, comprehensive trade agreement. The signals from beijing that our colleagues reported today are that china will want to see the u. S. Move on tariffs, to roll back tariffs and take away the threat of new tariffs. China has its own red lines around industrial and economic strategy, and theres a question of durability. Chinese officials are unsure how committed President Trump will be to any trade agreement. The signals seem to be that we are on track for some type of interim agreement, but the Bigger Picture hasnt changed. Both sides are dug in. Alix