Demand for fuel continues to collapse. U. S. Futures dropping below 20 a barrel. Bridgewater associates says the pandemic is more damaging than the financial crisis i decade ago. We hear from the cochairman, ray dalio, this hour. Shery here is how markets are trading at the moment. We are seeing stocks continue to gain ground for the third session. We continue to see Downside Pressure for u. S. Futures, which are down 0. 7 . Really accelerating those losses this evening. This after the s p 500 already sank from a onemonth high. We have seen earnings, Economic Data highlighting the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Nikkei futures down 0. 4 . As we continue to see an appreciation in the japanese yen, which is now at a two week strength against the u. S. Dollar. When it comes to crude, prices rebounding a little bit after plunging to the lowest level in two decades after the record collapse in u. S. Fuel demand. In his daily coronavirus briefing, President Trump saying there are positiv
The kospi back online after being shut yesterday. We know that president moon securing a big win, capitalizing on success and containing the pandemic. 100 taste 103 seats in parliament, ending a bull market yesterday. Ahead of the earnings later today, the first earnings since the pandemic started. So a gauge of how the Tech Industry is doing. Lets flip the page and take a look at currencies right now. The dollar index up, surging the most in weeks. Weaker today. A question of why that haven like the yen is currently down. On risk aversion and the plunge and ore prices adding to the conscience. Today, almostbers 6000 jobs created. Expectations were for a drop of 30,000. Parttime jobs pretty much responsible for the jobs added. One. Ooking at the rishaad data from the u. S. , retail sales and production numbers not for the faint hearted, cratering in march. Saying businesses are increasingly concerned about even weaker conditions ahead. Kathleen hays has been looking at wall all these f
Today. And south korea, the Ruling Party Wins the election. Oil sits near an 80 year low amid a record collapsing u. S. Fuel demand. The trump is said to consider paying them to leave oil in the ground. We start this morning with a little bit of shaky ground. A reality check. For me, its about the bond market. You saw that drop in yields yesterday by 13 basis points. Its crazy to hold bonds. I turned to blackrock. I like what rick writer is saying. Basically, we will follow the fed. By bonds, etfs. What caught my eye, blackrock is getting ready to sell Interest Rates long. Nejra very interesting. A lot of people have been saying that in terms of buying what the fed is buying. If we get another initial jobless claims print above 5. 5 million which is the consensus, that would take the gains over four weeks in those initial jobless claims about 20 to you 22 million. One of the eight of the workforce out of work, wiping out the job gains since the last recession. Staggering numbers you ar
Global coronavirus cases top 2 million. Germany is set to start loosening the lockdown for next week, and President Trump will unveil guidelines to reopen today. European futures turned positive despite historic declines in retail and factory gauges, sinking stocks on wall street. Attention turns to todays jobless claims. Plus, wti crude at an 18 year low amid a record collapse in the u. S. Fuel demand. Washington is considering paying drillers to leave oil in the ground. Just under an hour away from the start of cash trading. Nymex crude still under 20 a barrel, but rising today. We see futures doing the same, regardless of where you look. European futures are up half a percent. On dax a percent futures, quarter percent on ftse futures. Dow jones, s p, and nasdaq many contracts all showing a little bit just the slightest 10th of a percent of a game today. Anna . Anna lets talk about the breaking news from european corporates. The travel and leisure sector in focus when it comes to the
Top producers consider even deeper output curves. Shinzo abes state of emergency now covers the whole of japan after critics said his initial virus response offered to little, too late too little, too late. Shery breaking news out of south korea. We are getting the jobless rate coming in at 3. 8 . As expected, a rebound from the previous month of february. February was a 3. 3 . In the month of march coming in at 3. 8 . In line with estimates but still a rebound. Of course, we have seen weakness in retail and hospitality, employment, given this coronavirus pandemic. The government has tried to create jobs and that has helped the economy. They of course have already passed a 10 billion extra budget, but we are now seeing the jobless rate climbing to 3. 8 . This as president moon jaein has called for more aggressive measures on job creation. Of course, moons Ruling Democratic Party of korea just won the implementer elections. Take a look at how markets are trading at the moment. We are se