To back the bell and set to publish their own support program. Force johnson orders the u. K. Into a three weeks lockdown, sweeping new laws to breakup gatherings and fine any dissenters. Taylor meantime, i want to bring you some breaking news coming out of china. Their companies are having the worst quarter on record, according to china. The headline as it catches my eye, the economy has not gotten better as much as we thought they would be returning to work. It looks for the first three months of this year, a Quarterly Survey of all the firms, it looks like every individual sector was reporting worse results than originally thought. Saleswas a widespread in amid the harder hit retail sectors. The collapse in revenue and profit. Again, Economic Activity collapsed in february. This is as we knew that there was the massive virus spread that was going on. I think the key headline is Chinese Companies continuing to have the worst quarter on record. Every individual sector reporting worst
The Chinese Market has been pretty resilient amid the turmoil. The nikkei to do five higher by 6. 7 . Bluechip stocks stocks looking attractive, up 0. 8 , the cheapest since 2009. Wont be surprising for investors to be picking those out. The rest of asia was pretty much down. The hang seng rising 4. 5 . The benchmark in new zealand higher. Lets flip the board and see where we are in terms of futures. A higher open. It is surprising unlimited qe did not raise the s p more than most people thought. Futures acrosstheboard pointing to a higher open later today. Now, hong kong is taking drastic measures after a surge in imported Coronavirus Infections. From midnight wednesday they will ban nonresidents from visiting for 14 days and will stop bars and restaurants from serving alcohol. Lets bring in stephen engle. Lets start with these latest measures. Why is the government feeling they are necessary . Stephen last week they put in another step where they required a 14 day quarantine for all
Nestmissed. Heavy hearts at the Health Center. Always willing to do whatever. Overnight the doctor went to the gates to let his gas into the compound and a Security Guard for some unexplained reason opened fire killing him. Fourth person was also shot but survived. The gunman also turned the gun on himself but he to survive. Our clinic is grieving right now. Our hearts are broken. Also spent a lot of time working in afghanistan to one point even moving there to care for and trained doctors. Great love for his family and those of us he worked with. Leaves behind a wife and grown children. Tell us that despite the heavy hearts the Health Center will remain open today. An army report passing not blame for the attack in afghanistan that killed a diplomat. The tribune reports an Army Investigation found that soldiers providing security at wrong information about the size of the Group Schools location and possible risk. Which rockets and kills a man why it took pictures of another accident h