An eye watering loss. Costsosses and rising mean bonuses are set to disappoint. We are seeing u. S. Futures flat. This, of course, after we had the regular session seeing record highs. At one point, topping the record reached in february before the pandemic. Every sector on the s p 500 was in the green. We have nikkei futures moving higher as we have the japanese yen under pressure. We have seen it fall against the u. S. Dollar for the past four sessions. Right now trading around the weakest in three weeks. In sydney, futures higher. We have the aussie dollar listed a little bit higher. We have a softer u. S. Dollar, not to mention higher commodity prices. We have kiwi stocks at the moment gaining ground after seeing the worst day in a month. This as we have rbnz expanding their qe program. Gains in the currency returns, commodity exports, unr holdings qnr holding steady. U. S. And chinese negotiators plan to discuss progress in the phase one trade deal. Pushing toset to be widen the a
Haslinda, what are you seeing . Haslinda Industrial Production coming from march showing a strong recovery momentum. We saw what happened in march. It is pulling back from a historical plunge in the first two months of the year. Still there are some challenges if you take a look at the supply chain. China still faces supply risks from a global lucked out. Factory production global lockdown. Factory production still shut down in many parts. Bloomberg intelligence saying 70 of chinas imports were used for production in 2015. Still strong numbers in terms of Industrial Production coming in at 3. 9 versus the estimate of 1. 5 . If you want to track the trajectory Going Forward, we have to track those economies like korea, japan, taiwan. They supply china with the most technology parts, the u. S. And germany, even brazil. As long as they are not emerging from the lockdown in their respective countries, it wont be in issue for chinas own production. Industrial production for china year on ye
But says ridehailing bookings fell for the First Time Ever last quarter. Shares rise on signs that it is emerging from the virus slowdown. Take a look at how we are setting up when it comes to the final trading session of the week in asia. U. S. Futures flat after we saw gains on wall street. Despite those historically high unemployment and jobless levels that we are still seeing in the u. S. , there is some sort of consensus among Market Participants that the worst may the over but we are looking ahead to the optimism of the economy reopening. We are also seeing optimism when it comes to new zealand, this despite the budget deficit numbers that were released earlier from the treasury report. New zealand just emerging from that stated four lockdown with the economy stage four lockdown. Also outlining steps for a gradual return to more normal economic functioning. New zealand on track for an entire week of gains. Definitely the outperform in the region. Ofcould get maybe a gain. 25 . We
Thousand. U. S. Infections rise more than expected. Asia, a second wave is coming. Japans biggest banks are expected to join their global counterparts in bad loan costs. They could see the highest in a decade. Take haidi lets take a look at how we are setting up our final friday session. Positively from wall street after a pretty volatile session. U. S. Stocks faltered early on when President Trump said he was not interested and did not want to speak to xi jinping about the simmering trade tensions. In the beatendown bank stocks as well as energy names gaining on account of this jump we saw in crude prices. We are setting up positivity. Futures, both in australia and hong kong, and also in japan, setting up for a higher open, sophie. Ishie President Trump ratcheting up tensions with china amid the coronavirus and trade war. This is what he said about talks with xi jinping. Pres. Trump i have a very Good Relationship but i just, right now, i do not want to speak to him. There are many t
Full picture with a packed show today so lets dive right in. And we leave the program here in the United States as President Donald Trump addressed the social distancing measures taken within the country to limit the spread of the crowed a virus during his Daily Briefing wednesday the u. S. President pushed back against the idea of a nationwide locked out leaving it up to states to make the decision. There are some states that are different so there are some states that dont have. Much of a problem there is so low they dont have the problem they dont have thousands of people that are positive with thousands of people that even think they might have it for hundreds of people in some cases so you have to know that you have to look at it you have to give a little bit of flexibility but of the state. In the midwest alaska as an example. Doesnt have a problem so if you have to say closed. And the u. S. President was also asked about travel restrictions in the u. S. As a way of mitigating th