Way better numbers anticipated coming through. This is in yuan terms. March exports thought to be down 12. 8 . Official number suggesting they were down just 3. 5 . Imports year on year from 7 . 2. 4 . Ht increase of that is what we have at the moment coming through with the latest data from china and the department. Lets have a look at what else is going on. Hong kong schools have been closed since late january. Little hope classes will be resuming soon amid this coronavirus. They wonder there could be an exodus of students. Issue with thehe hong kong education secretary, kevin yeung. Kevin good morning. Did theseow long schools stay closed, secretary . Kevin it is difficult to tell. Health of our students is always our first priority. Are stillage we monitoring closely the coronavirus,f the whether the situation in hong kong and other places in the world, before we could finally make a decision when our schools could resume. What needs to change for you to actually change your policy
Welcome to daybreak europe. Investments slowed in china and gdp hit 6 . That is below the forecast of 6. 1 . Industrialy Strong Production data was a bright spot, but the chinese economy is likely to lose momentum. In terms of market momentum, we move to the downside on the shanghai composite. It has been a mixed picture overall. We will dig into the trade war. We saw gains on the s p 500 yesterday in the u. S. Euro stoxx 50 futures into the red. The 10 year yield tips to a 174 handle. The bloomberg dollar index near a july low. Prices givingairy the kiwi dollar a lift. The worst performer, the pound. Pulling back from a five month high. Yesterday, risk reversals. Volatility still near that 2016 hi, talking about one week volatility on cable. 12849. Back to the brexit story. After frantic negotiations just days from a deadline, Boris Johnson has reached a brexit deal. This is how he described it. This is a great deal for our country, i also believe it is a very good deal for our friend
Of the trade war and turkey agrees to a temporary ceasefire in syria. Pencera jumped as mike said tariffs will be lifted if the truce remains in place. Liveeen im Kathleen Hays in washington, d. C. , at the Imf World Bank annual meeting. In this hour, i will be speaking with the secretary of finance from the philippines and the Bank Indonesia Deputy Governor about the impact of the trade war and more and what policymakers can do about it. Shery first, let us get you started with a check of the markets. We are seeing u. S. Futures unchanged after stocks climbed to an almost a record high in thursdays session. The s p 500 at one point topping 3000. We had health care and real estate leading gains. We had mostly positive Quarterly Earnings results. At the same time, we had more Risk Appetite as we saw that u. K. And the European Union struck a deal. The dow, though, underperforming after ibm disappointed with results. We are now looking forward to more data coming out of asia. Sophie we h
And Central Banks are stepping up calls for help amid fears that they are running out of options. We are live at the imf meetings in washington. Sophie checking on the start of trade in sydney. Little change, after the drop of 200, halting a fiveday advance. Broadly speaking, we are setting up for a mix start in the agion, but looking to have second weekly gain. Chinese thirdquarter gdp numbers come, as corporate numbers on the mainland have shown little improvement after a bleak first half. Japanese inflation remains subdued, giving the boj food for thought at the policy meeting. Able back below 1. 29 on brexit deal hopes, pushing it to a sixmonth low to position for a negative outcome. Aussie bonds under pressure this morning as the rba governor said the economy is improving. Offshore yuan 7. 8 against the 7. 08 against the dollar after fixing. Jessica acting white house chief of staff Mick Mulvaney denies saying that President Trump withheld military aid to ukraine to persuade key h
Honor to cross the line. And goodbye g20 and time for summer davos. We are live at the World Economic forum at this hour. Shery lets get you started with a quick check of the markets. U. S. Futures rallying about 1 at the moment, this, after the s p 500 saw its best month since january. We have optimism over potential easing trade tensions between china and the u. S. , not to mention the huge photo op President Trump got at the dmz meeting with kim jongun. Take a look at asian futures. We are continuing to see a risk on moves ahead of trading. If we can switch up the boards, futures, nikkei futures up 1. 5 as we get the japanese yen weakening for a fourth consecutive session. Great asets not doing we get risk on sentiment. As korea starts trading on socalled peace dogs as we saw that unprecedented meeting at the dmz. Hyundai engineering and other stocks like korea gas and so forth. Also keep an eye on chipmakers, especially samsung, as we saw President Trump giving some relief to huawe