Means a fed hike moving to the back burner. We have the numbers from the latest Hong Kong Survey and discuss the implications of tokyos election results. A terrible outcome for the Prime Minister. Tensions in north asia as north korea continues to worry leaders around the world. We will get an update from beijing on the latest. This is Bloomberg Markets asia. I am betty liu here in new york. It is just after 7 00 a. M. In hong kong. Busy monday in asia with president xi jinping delivering that 20th Anniversary Gift hong kong, right . The bond connects set to launch this morning. We are expecting a ceremony at 9 00 in hong kong. Also, japan as well, a major setback for Prime Minister shinzo of days party shinzo abes party. We are looking at manufacturing a sectors and how they fared. The Manufacturing Sector has probably done pretty well in japan. Exceptingght, msci china ashares, and now the bond things, so it looks like are on fire there in china. We will see how things go. Setting up
Are 30 minutes away from the open in hong kong, china and taiwan closed for trading, but singapore and malaysia coming online, a slew of asian pmis, the markets have a lot to digest. Lets get it over to david ingles. Happy first day of the quarter, by the way. David and to you as well, heidi. Ofeak dollar story, a bit deals. The leaders across asia, a few flat markets. South korea. 5 , new zealand, singapore, we wont get into the details. Japan erasing earlier losses. Have a look at the currency markets, inflows, the south korean won, a big movement with high beta currencies like the won. 1111 predicted in the next few months. All right, put this up and have a look at the commodity markets, and no Movement Across energy. There was a big move last week. All the information has been priced in. Next key thing is what happens to inventories. That is what opec keeps saying. Look at inventories and the main data. When we moved to june, we expect the needle to be moved a little bit. The bonds
Five men and said they have identified four of them. They confirmed with nhk the men in t the pictures are the suspes of the attacks. An organization calling itself islamic affiliate claimed responsibility. But the countrys home minister denies any link to the group. Theres no existence. This home grown terrorist wants to contact, but all our home grown, it is not from our country. It is our people khan said the attackers were highly educated jews from affluent families. The armed men holed up in the restaurant friday night and took people hostage. This video uploaded to facebook appears to show one of the attackers. Survivors say they were asked to recite versing from the koran. Those who couldnt were executed. The siege ended after Security Forces stormed the restaurant. Most of the victims were foreign. They included japanese, italians, americans, and an indian. Investigators are questioning the lone surviving attacker and are looking for links to islamic extremist organizations. Pe
Translator a new generation of people in hong kong has new opportunities overseas provided by chinas onebelt, oneroad Economic Initiative that connects asia and europe. Prodemocracy groups are skeptical of beijings one country, two systems policy. A demonstration in the afternoon drew tens of thousands of people. Theyre demanding a resignation and universal suffrage in hong kong and china and calling for the Chinese Government to release all Political Prisoners in the country. A book seller who is due to lead the protest march has dropped out saying he feared for his personal safety. Chinese president xi jinping stressed the snead to protect what he calls the countrys core interests. He was speaking at a ceremony marking the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist party. Chi said china will play an active role in what he called a fair and reasonable world order and suggested beijing wont compromise on its activities in the east and south china seas. Translator no fore
The gunman reportedly detonated explosives. They have been the center of attacks by the militant group al shabbab. Russian maritime officials are searching for 15 who are missing. It went down thursday west of of the peninsula. It was carrying 32 people from ukraine and latvia. Officials at a local branch of the Russian Emergency Administration Says drifting ice may have hit the vessel. Also there may have been a way with a problem the way the cargo fish were loaded. Working overtime to clinch a program for nuclear. Laurent fabius says theyre a few centimeters from the finishing line but those are the hardest. He says the iranians must reach a compromise for an agreement that would prevent them from developing nuclear weapons. The talks spring together diplomats from iran. They met with closed doors through the Early Morning hours of thursday. They extended the marathon talking for a second day beyond the initial deadline. John kerry and Mohammed Javad zarif are among those that stayed