Approaching that 103 level. That would be a breach of a technical and psychological level. . 99, 2. 7 top the upside. After the biden victory, gold as well seeing three straight gains three Straight Days of gains. Joe biden preparing to take office as the 46th president of the United States. He is moving forward as president elect, launching his transition effort and readying a plan to tackle coronavirus. President trump is refusing to concede, weighing more legal challenges. The people of this nation have spoken. [applause] they have delivered a clear victory, commencing victory. A victory for we the people. I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but unify. [applause] who does not the red states and blue states, only sees the United States. Our work begins with getting covid under control. Economy, repair the restore our vitality, or relish lifes most precious moments, hugging grandchildren, children, birthdays, weddings, graduations, all the moments that matter most to u
Is the first air travel bubble of its kind. There we go. We should be watching airline stuff as well but a lot of that thisready priced in after bubble was announced a few weeks ago. A have a look at the tech index here. Alibaba and tencent on the market at the moment. They are taking 179 points off the hang seng index itself. That is as we are seeing this rotation out of tech stocks, a global phenomenon at the moment. This will be because of the regulatory challenges we will be facing through some of these online retailers. Juliet . Juliet lets get Market Analysis with patrick, the global asset strategist. Patrick, we are finally getting this news of this travel bubble between singapore and hong kong. This is one thing that investors have been looking for when we start to see Global Travel open up and how that will feed into the energy markets. Lets get to our question of the day. That is when will crude back to these march highs . What is your view . Patrick morning. We are not speci
Out his vision to drive new Economic Growth and draw hong kong closer to the mainland. Offapple takes the wraps the iphone 12. And pricey. Analysts say it could trigger a new wave of sales. Haidi all right, lets take a look at how we are setting up going into trading, and australia, weakness as expected with equity futures. About 1 10 of 1 . Reasonablethere were earnings out from banks, putting an end to the stalemate and a contention over another round of stimulus with the white house and democrats in disarray over negotiations. The aussie dollar also trading 158, and we heard from the australian treasurer speaking earlier, commenting on the tensions with china, saying the relationship has been challenging but that it is vastly important and a relationship of mutual benefit. We will continue to watch that and others, as well, given the concerns about the import ban when it comes to australian coal into china. Kiwi stocks, modest to the upside. Going from strength to strength. Of cours
Prices decline. The asx down nearly 1 . We dont have trading in india either because it is mahatma publics birthday, a holiday. Futures are trading on the nifty in singapore down zero point 3 . The 10 year yield slipping back as anticipated. A slight move to the downside with regard to the futures contracts. You see the currencies and weakness creeping in into the dollar overnight. We have seen a reversal of that this morning. You have the yen a tad weaker. Sterling had rebounded to 1. 29. Seenis after we have brexitinduced losses. The aussie dollar unchanged. Haslinda lets get the first word headlines. Top white house aide hope hicks has tested positive for covid19. She traveled with President Trump on air force one to tuesdays debate in cleveland. The president says there is no indication he contracted the virus. Tested positive, National Security advisor robert obrien. He has spent as much time with the president as hicks has. Coronavirus infections continue to surge with the new yo
In the last 10 days. The u. S. And china trade new barbs. Washington rejects chinas claim to the South China Sea. Top u. S. Senators are facing mainland sanctions. Haidi u. S. China sentiments dominating again with the grim overlay of rolling back restrictions around the world. This is how we are shaping up when it comes to u. S. Futures contracts, up by. 2 after what was a truly volatile session. We had the s p 500 touching levels prepandemic and we also have the nasdaq hitting a fresh record before finishing in the red and we spoke about tesla being a huge part of that tech eventual close lower. Nikkei futures up by. 2 percent. Sydney futures escalating in the red, point 8 lower, looking like a set up of. 5 lower, this as we are expecting an announcement today that the fed of New South Wales will ease back those restrictions when it comes to indoor gatherings at pubs after cases coming from the pubs. It is now over 20. New zealand trading modestly higher, about. 25 . Some significant