Happy friday. Maria big story and the top story right now this hour 2020 shakeup, new york city mayor billionaire Michael Bloomberg to enter the 2020 democratic race, hes expected to file paperwork to do in alabama. You heard it here first, white house chief strategist steve bannon and former adviser to the Clintons Mark Penn told me last month. I think that bloomberg and clinton are still there as biden is in fourth in iowa, second in New Hampshire, dropping to third. Hes losing steam everywhere. Maria do you think Michael Bloomberg or Hillary Clinton will enter the race . The two representatives of the centrist party. Maria who are you expecting to enter the race . Im not sure exactly who is going to enter, if youre a Michael Bloomberg, Hillary Clinton, john kerry or Michelle Obama, youre probably sitting there saying, i could take this field, maybe i should get in, maybe not, i think all four of them are possibilities. Maria thats why we love our guest so much because you heard it h
Foreign purchases. We have the first public impeachment hearing testimony revealing the president s lawyer was digging up dirt in his shadow diplomacy in ukraine. Howi lets take a look at we are setting up when it comes to the start of trading here in sydney. Investors dealt a pretty mixed hand overnight. Stocks closing pretty close to fresh record highs. Still, uncertainty over the lingering trade negotiations continuing to chip away at sentiment. We are hearing potentially the agricultural purchases that had been a solid part of the phase i deal could be in doubt. China reportedly saying if these tariffs are not resolved, they could back away from purchasing more u. S. Soy and pork. Taking a look at the picture, just about 1 10 of 1 . Watching the labor market numbers, typically quite volatile, could be a move in the aussie dollar. New zealand, upside about 1 10 of 1 after the reserve bank of new zealand held on rates for their last meeting of the year somewhat unexpectedly, causing
Disney leaps in late trade with quarterly profit topping estimates as the lion king roars at theaters and theme parks stay strong. Kathleen lets take a look at how asian markets are opening. The asx 200, a little bit higher beenthe 6726, which had the biggest advance in three weeks on the market close yesterday. Now to nikkei futures, a fractional move higher. There is uncertainty about the trade war deal getting done. That will weigh on japanese stocks. Stocks had risen for a third day yesterday, but there could be a fourth, the kind of company that could benefit from this u. S. China trade deal. Stocks are looking about a half point higher, a little bit of hope there, and of course, the s p 500 why is it down . Because it was up so much today. The s p 500 hit that alltime high. From here, we will have to wait to see some fresh impetus for stocks to continue to rally. Lets get to first word news now with jessica summers. Jessica thanks, kathleen. The french president has attacked nato
President trump urged his former secretary of state to help the clients of lawyer rudy giuliani. Syria. Of airstrikes in u. S. Senators lead the growing criticism threatening sanctions in response. Shery lets get you started with a quick check of markets appeared u. S. Futures being pressured right now, down 1. 2 after that South China Morning Post report that there was no progress made between deputy level talks between the u. S. And china. We have seen stocks pair back some of those earlier gains in the regular session in the afternoon as we have gotten another report saying that china is trying to play down expectations of progress. The s p 500 managed to end the session higher after two sessions of losses, gained. 9 . We have cap and Energy Leading the gains tech and Energy Leading the gains. Members showing a little bit more worry and concern over the growing gap between Market Expectations on easing and their own projections. To the u. S. Turning cpi numbers out tomorrow. Lets se
The idea behind it, why are you going to fund Chinese Companies that wind up competing with u. S. Companies . That is potentially now on the table ahead of these trade talks. No doubt that is going to have an effect on the markets as we keep getting a lot of headlines creating difficulty with u. S. And china. 0. 8 , rightnow down around the lows of the session. Take a look at other Asset Classes. It is a move into safety. 106 on dollaryen. Yields in the u. S. Down by four basis points. It is a risk off day. Lots of tangential headlines are now setting the stage for contentious trade talks between the u. S. And china. Lets get right to it here. Its time for global exchange. We bring you todays market moving news from all around the world. Joining us from hong kong is enda curran, from london is emma chandra, from brussels is maria tadeo, and in denver, michael mckee. Lets kick it off over in asia. We begin with china, where the u. S. Has blacklisted eight Tech Companies on accusations o