Down almost 3 at one point. Jack ma said to surge up the wealth table after a mega dual ipo. Expecting to raise almost 35 billion in hong kong and shanghai viewed Sheldon Adelson rolls the dice in las vegas. He is said to be extorting the sale of his flagship casino which cost more than 6 billion. Shery lets get started with a quick check of the markets right now. We are seeing u. S. Futures opening pretty flat after we saw u. S. Stocks falling the most in the month and the regular session. The s p 500 down 1. 9 . It was the biggest drop since early september. We have the ongoing fiscal stimulus impasse, now on its third month. We also have surging coronavirus cases. Boeing falling on chinas plans to sanction the company over sales to taiwan. We have the u. S. Approving another potential 2. 4 billion of antiship missile fuel to taiwan. The vix closing above 30 for the first time in almost two months. We saw strength in the u. S. Dollar. Take a look at oil prices. Wti rebounding a littl
Countries try to stop the spread of korean virus. So then europe is on the high alert has corona virus continues to spread rapidly across the continent and italy imposes unprecedented restrictions on the movements of its entire population european leaders are expected to hold an emergency meeting to discuss ways to halt the outbreak at this stage 27 European Union Member States have confirmed coronavirus cases the European Commission is calling for tougher measures to contain the spread. Member states must still focus on efforts to aggressively contain the virus particularly where there are few cases slowing down the virus must be our greatest priority in order to gain. In time for our Health Systems to function effectively and for research and development to france and italy people are stocking up on basic supplies as the government orders that 60000000 citizens to stay at home with massive restrictions on travel and public gatherings the country has the highest number of cases outsid
Dozens are west it as protesters target the airport and subway network. Dozens arrested. Argentine in christ it again. Capital controls try to hold the country on the as the default. Reminder on how u. S. Stocks ended the session as we begin the trading week in asia. From the dow jones for the s p to the nasdaq, you have the close and stocks within a range of 0. 15 . Not much moving ahead of the long weekend in the u. S. This s prtly we see futures pair when they opened they were down a percent. They pulled back, maybe a reaction from friday. Mostly everything that is happened since friday. On friday, u. S. Consumer sentiment measured from the university of michigan closely watched survey hit as its lowest level since 2016. Everyone waiting for tariffs which went into effect on september 1. Chinas many factoring pmis, purchasing managers index, one of the most important numbers to watch for 70 countries, when it comes to manufacturing, a big problem a whopping from the trade war. China
case and what the and he was there was a and they also settled a russian tanker that in karachi on sunday and that is packet study perspective they can get hold of any oil and if they don t have to pay in us dollars that is welcome. of course it is controversial because western countries have imposed sanctions on russia for its invasion of ukraine, so it all oil exports have been restricted. they have announced a price cap of $60 a barrel. pakistan has been negotiating with russia for months to get discounted oil. a short while ago the petroleum minister said that they are going to pay in the chinese currency. that is again a benefit to pakistan because foreign exchange reserves have dropped below $4 billion and now they are looking for ways to pay. this all against a pretty weak economic picture for pakistan. it is facing a lot of economic trouble and therefore it needs this cheap energy. at the same time i wonder what needs to be done to try and set the economy back on an e
Hello and welcome a live from tehran, you turning to press tvs world news and marzia hashimi, thanks so much for being with us first over texas to gaza where it is almost six months since israel launched this general side to war on the strip, the regimes war planes and artillery continue to pound the besieged area causing more deaths and destruction in the last 24 hours, four civilians including journalists. Were killed and 16 others injured after israely war plans struck the vicinity of alaqsa marters hospital in the central gaza city of dead balah. Several areas of gaza city were also shelled and bombed, leaving two people dead and 10 injured. Meanwhile, four palestinians, including two children, died due to starvation in the kamal adwan hospital in the northern strip. The number of deaths related to famine and malnutrition has risen to. 34, including 31 children, over 32,800 palestinians have lost their lives and some 7500 injured in the israeli war on gaza that began early october.