Today but aside from a couple of scattered sprinkles here and there. 50s to 60s for your highs and a little bit of sunshine between the clouds. Rebecca. All right, thank you john were seeing and no delays no issues here the bay bridge toll plaza approach you can see a little bit of that fog though here it is light, but like john is mentioning very pass patchy around the bay area so no issues here getting into San Francisco in fact a nineminute drive time on the macarthur maze to the fremont street exit but a there is a brandnew accident the san mateo bridge and look at how dense the fog is and it to happen pac. The toll plaza on the westbound 92 sides normally wed be able to see it but you cant see much because the fog is so thick here, but a 13 minute drive time which is good because traffic is still light and its still early but just be aware of that and reduce your speed around the bay area. James darya. All right rebecca, thank you breaking overnight. We have a fatal house fire in
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Thursday, the hong kong democracy drama takes a new turn. Backing the protesters. Retaliate,tened to if he did. The yuan also fell. Boris johnsont conservatives will win a healthy victory. A quick shery a quick check of the market. Japanese yen the strengthening. Still at that 109 level. This is after six sessions of weakness. The longest losing streak since 2018. We are seeing some of that Risk Appetite reading with u. S. Features also losing ground. How the kospi trading is down half a percent. The korean won has been weakening against the u. S. Dollar, and we continue to see so we do have the bank of korea policy decision on friday. I have to say that the aussie dollar is under pressure. Keenly stocks are up and rising for a fifth consecutive session. Lets get the first word news with su keenan. Strengthened as a poll suggested the conservative party might win a majority in the next election. Boris johnson is morning that aere could be there is real chance of no overall victory and
Legislation, equivalent to 4 of gdp. Set to pricesis mammoth ipo at the top of the range and should raise more than 25 billion. We get you started with breaking news out of south korea. We have the current account surplus coming in at 7. 8 billion dollars. This would be the surplus widening from the previous month of september. Also the previous month was revised higher to 7. 7 billion. Andgoods trade surplus narrowing a little bit us the number coming in at 7. 8 billion, also down from the previous month of 8. 8 billion. Despite the fact we have a current account surplus widening this time around, we have not seen the south korean economy under pressure. Novemberports for both and october contracting more than 14 , but we also had imports plunging, doubledigit digit declines for imports in. He past two months haidi weve got breaking news when it comes to this part of the world as well. We were expecting announcements from the argument terms of how much the big tanks will have to hold
Investors are not so sure. A Virtual Reality platform picked up for oculus. We are live in san francisco. Lets get to sophie forecheck on markets. Sophie aussie shares are unchanged after a threeday gain. Kiwi shares building on gains after topping 11,000 on tuesday. Nikkei and cost be futures kospi are lower. Slide despite the enthusiasm we saw for alibaba shares, which closed about its issuance price. Lets check on housing bonds, which are gaining ground after the rba governor the move tracking treasuries. Aussie yields falling 35 basis points across the curve. The three years left below the rba cash rate. A bond rally expected to push the 10 year to 50 basis points with unconventional easing expected in the second half as the australian economy slows. The kiwi holding its threeday gain. This morning, we heard from the rb governor. Mentioned rbnzso is working with westpac after the findings in australia. Paul thanks very much. Lets check in with first word news. Chinaly indicators sh