We were hearing that we could see some candlelight vigils later on tonight, people going online virtually. It comes amid hsbc defying the u. K. And backing this National Security law. And the corporate impact of all this as well. Lets check on the markets, they seem unphased by what were going through here geopolitically and what were seeing in the u. S. The protests have calmed down a bit in the last two days or so. Markets off the highs but were trudging higher today. Mobile stocks on track for a ninth day of gains. Jakarta coming online and continuing to trend up, 1. 3 . U. S. Future seeing a little bit of pressure. The airlines, the nifty with modest gains at the start. Haven,rally and bonds a selling all. You did see yields picking up here. The aussie, back to 1 once again. The chinese 10 year yield, now or near february highs. The second worst performer after bulgarian debt, on disappointment that beijing may refrain from stimulus. About somebts opecplus deals. Watching the curre
Senates lack of progress on a coronavirus stimulus bill pushes Global Stock Markets into the red. I consider myself one of the lucky ones the old and i coronavirus patient is the story of her long road to recovery. At. The end thank you very much for joining Us Singapore Airlines and its regional and no cost on a grounding 96 percent of the fleet the Aviation Industry is reeling from collapsing passenger numbers and border closures due to the coronavirus been demick the United Arab Emirates home to the International Hub dubai is suspending all passenger flights including transit travelers meanwhile japans Prime Minister shinzo abbay has not conceded a postponement of the tokyo games must be considered thats after weeks of insisting the major sporting event could go ahead in july as planned lets take a look at the global snapshot from the u. S. Base John Hopkins University nearly 340000 infections since the outbreak began just under a 3rd of those almost 99000 have recovered more than 1
Economic typhoon. Turbulent times when out for Cathay Pacific protest in hong kong and the loss of the ceo. Shery we are seeing futures higher by four tens of 1 as we see more positive rhetoric from President Trump on the u. S. China trade talks. This on the back of a strong rally we saw on friday with the dow gaining 1. 2 and every sector on the s p 500 in the green. The s p 500 gaining 1. 4 on friday. We saw chipmakers leading the gains, after we had positive results out of nvidia. There was also positive sentiment out of europe as officials there hinted they would come to the rescue if the regions Economic Data deteriorated further. That gave a boost to investor sentiment. 1. 7 . Sdaq gained there was a lot of volatility still with those things swings on the s p 500 with more than 1. 5 intraday. This week the focus will be on jackson hole as we will wait to hear from a fed chair powell making comments later in the week. Lets see how we are setting up in asia. Place the pieces are in
Report. Chinese shares on a global index. We look what this could mean for investors in asia and around the world. And what are the big spenders from the Aviation Industry eyeing off at the Paris Air Show . It is tuesday. Good morning asia hello world, glad you could join us for Asia Business report. We start off with chinese stocks. After years of discussion, msci it will announce whether it will include chinas a shares, the mainland shares traded in china, in its emerging markets index. This is the fourth time that msci is looking into the possibility. It could mean potentially a lot of investment going into mainland issues. Our correspondent has more from a rainy day in beijing. China is chasing a globalfinancial day in beijing. China is chasing a Global Financial benchmark here. Inclusion for its eight shares, leading shares here would mean that they attract by investors and responsible for trillions of dollars of investment. There would no doubt bea of investment. There would no d