From protesters in hong kong. The u. S. Navy can no longer visit the city. She race to roll out 5g pit the u. S. Against china. We will get telecoms views on rivalries from huawei. Shery breaking news out of south korea. We have the final Third Quarter gdp numbers. Year on year growth of 2 . That is in line with the advanced estimate. Same thing for the quarter on quarter numbers, grown 4. 4 which is the same as the advanced estimate. The year on year number is really staying steady at 2 growth for the past two quarters. We have seen a lot of negative sentiment around the korean economy. A contraction in an investment and a slight slowdown in consumption. The korea government has capex spending so Government Spending has been a kees source of support. Pmiave seen manufacturing recovery for south korea. Still in contraction, but mixed picture when it comes to those export numbers as we continued to see doubledigit declines for south korean exports. Haidi lets get a quick check of how ma
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
We will be asking if the company can find a way back. Sophie and economists say we may be entering a period of peak dovishness. Posse shares opening flat after following the most on wednesday. We are keeping an eye on a weak Earnings Report as well as Oil Companies with brent extending declines and opec not pushing for deeper supply cuts. The chairman spoke of caution in the short term with capex below 8 million u. S. Dollars for 2020 and 2021. Checking on the aussie dollar, treading water near a oneweek low while aussie bonds are gaining ground on a possible delay to a u. S. China trade pact being signed. Futures pointing lower after japanese shares ended wednesday flat amid signs of overheating. Breaking news crossing the bloomberg on google, google said to be mulling changes to political ad policy, this coming on the back of twitter saying it is voluntarily suspending political adverts on its platform. Facebook on the other hand really more embracing it. Google now said to be mullin
Back on washington demands for enforcement. New details on the Alibaba Hong Kong ipo, offering shares at 188 hong kong apiece. In on lets check australian markets. We are seeing a slight gain for the asx 200, gaining 2 10 of 1 according to what i am seeing, pricing on the terminal right now, aussie shares set for second weekly advance, so a mixed picture. However, when the rest of asian central, stocks under pressure, kiwi stocks nudging higher, flipping up the board to check in on the kiwi dollar Holding Steady, not moving much as we hear from the rbnz governor this morning and he said despite a pickup in the economy, they are looking at pmi data hinting at that with growth returning in october, making for the highest reading this april. The kiwi dollar set for a weekly gain after the midweek surge and on a surprise hold right there. We have the yen Holding Steady after the biggest jump in a month right there. Lets get first word news with jessica summers. Jessica thanks, sophie. Fed