Singapore and malaysia as well. The Peter Navarro episode, if it is any indication how sensitive markets are to the slightest hint of bad news, that tells you the story of volatility in store for markets in the second half of the year. A quick check on the risk radar. Aussie yen coming off a little bit, that tells you where we are in terms of Risk Appetite. We were closing in on 79 a few weeks ago. Brent crude, some upside. Lets get you up to speed with other top stories we are watching. It lawmakers in washington have approved a bill to penalize banks doing business with china over beijings National Security legislation for hong kong. The bipartisan measure in the senate has support in the house of representatives and needs to pass before reaching president trump. It condemns china for breaking obligations under the deal that return hong kong to mainland rule. The coronavirus has hit local trade hard with lockdowns increasing by 12 . The hike of that pandemic in april, new research th
Reopening on hold. The bank of japan is expected to leave policy unchanged later while reassessing measures already taken to help the virus hit economy. Look at how take a markets are doing on boj decision day. We had that ricocheting session in the u. S. Overnight. If you needed further conviction as to the hand the fed intentionally has when it comes to showing up market demand, you have the announcement from the fed really causing that gain back into positive territory after we had declines of more than 2 in that trading session for the s p. Futures are looking positive. About. 25 in the green. We are looking at chicago nikkei futures trading higher by about. 3 . We are expecting just more operational steps from the bank of japan in terms of providing support to Small Businesses to be able to ride out the pandemic slowdown. In sydney, we are looking at a pop at the open. 2. 5 higher when it comes to futures, with indicated upside of two point 5 when the cash trading session begins,
Although probeijing officials have said we should not be too concerned, it will lead to stability in the city. 7 . Sci asia pacific down it is certainly something of a riskoff mood, following off what we saw toward the end of play on friday in the u. S. The nikkei is down more than 1 . In the mainland, you have a bit of pressure as well a despite industrial profits up 6 coming in over the weekend for the month of may. On to the next board. We will be looking at the currencies. A bit of dollar weakness. On friday it reached its highest level in four weeks, but it has since come off slightly, leading to a bit of strength for the offshore currency here in china. The korean won is up about plan to 01 . On to some of the commodities we are looking at. Wti has been under pressure as the demand story as we focus on the rate of infections, 10 million infections, 500,000 deaths, you can see that it is lower today. Gold, science that investors are preparing to cross through 1800. 0. 64 . Year yi
Session here. We are seeing korean stocks up, some 4 . This has certainly been a shift in the risk on sentiment we are seeing. The concerns over the waves are being brushed aside. Across assetsg here. When it comes to your bond, we are seeing yield ticking higher. 73 basis points for your u. S. Tenyear. We saw a rise but it is petering off. Did selloff overnight. Take a look at currencies, the dollar dropped will be the key story here. That is living these markets here today. As aen has been steady rock here. Despite the volatility we have seen. That should give some breathing room for the boj. Perhaps they are likely to sit tight when it comes to policy levers but look for hints on what they do with the Corporate Funding program. Youre seeing that dollar is really trickling through here. The taiwanese dollar is blaring green here today. We are up a third of 1 . The korean won strengthening. 7 . Mmb is unchanged. There has been a sense that the feds have the markets back. Letting the C
Several areas we consider planes to reopen. Optimistic. Emains treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin says he expects the session to end this year with another Stimulus Program in the pipeline. Paul we are about an hour away from the open here in australia and tokyo. Lets get a check on what we can expect for the new trading day with sophie in hong kong. Sophie asian stocks looking at a muted start this wednesday. This after we sell stock gains fade into the close. Check out what is going on with qe markets. The qe dollar is trading ahead of the rbnz decision. In the bond space, we are seeing five basis points this morning. The central bank of new zealand seen holding pat. That is one of the items on the agenda we are watching with market very much in wait and see mode. Plenty of firepower being amassed in deal space the latest news of kp are having pulled together 10 million. Lets jump into the turn will. The terminal. We could be seeing positive mental for asian stocks. As you can see on