Testing kits that could be coming to the u. S. And potentially could stop the spread of the virus. China pmi is driving the charge here today in asia, that beat on manufacturing and nonmanufacturing. We will see if the vshaped recovery can actually sustain itself. Money coming out of the yen, the british pound and the euro as well. Wti brent as well taking a breather here today after falling to an 18 year low. Chinas Manufacturing Activity rebounded strongly in march, signaling the economy is demand. Ng amid external tom, what are the Key Takeaways . Of readings much higher than estimates, and smashing the numbers we got in february. Record lows for manufacturing back in february. Compared tombers when it comes to manufacturing pmi, one of the major components has rebounded. That is something to bear in mind. When it comes to the export oriented components, contractions in terms of things like new export orders. We can talk about the additional pressures more in terms of Global Economy
Around the world from hong kong to brussels, berlin, new york, and washington. Our bloombergs voices are on the ground with the top stories. We begin in asia. The death toll from the exceedsrus exudes 2000 in china. Walk me through of what were hearing from the government in terms of supporting the economy. The 75,000to get to new cases of shared of this virus new cases out there this virus. This may have been a lot worse a lot worse. There is a 70yearold man in hong kong who succumbed to his illness at the hospital. He had underlying issues. But lets talk about the cruise ships. We have one in cambodia and we whichhe diamond princess have the most localized cases outside of japan. People are being led off that boat and being evacuated. If you test negative, it can reappear. It can remain dormant. What are we doing here . What is happening . Theyre suggesting a 14 day quarantine when you leave the boat. We were talking about how the Chinese Market was of thirdbiggest Aviation Market in
Damage. China near a takeover of the airline hna, saying it wants to stem the economic fallout from the coronavirus. Cruise passengers return. The first batch of hong kong residents from the diamond princess are due back in the city today, but there is lingering confusion about their arrival. U. S. Attorney general william barr tries to invoke an old law that protected tech companies. Ike google and Facebook Paul nothing has been happening released since you have been gone. Lets check in on futures in asia today. New zealand already trading at the moment. X higher by a quarter of 1 . 1 in by 1 5 of australia. 771 millioned profits. Pretty flat. Qantas seeing an impact from coronavirus. Few catalysts to watch out for. Aussie jobs expected to rise a little and china expected to cut its loan prime rate. We have machine tool orders out of japan as well. Emily i want to look at where u. S. Markets closed today. Lets get to bloombergs taylor riggs in san francisco. Taylor risk on across the
We should also note that yield curves around the world are feeling the pressure as well we did have on friday the german bund, the 10year, falling to its lowest level ever. As for the asian markets, the nikkei down by 1. 75 hang seng also pressured by what is going on in hong kong in terms of the protests there, down 3 . Shaun hi shanghai down 1. 6 in europe, red arrows across the board. Dax is down 1. 35 . Ftse down, as well we have a stronger dollar against the major currencies weaker crude, wti down 0. 7 . Brent down 0. 75 . Couple safe haven trades working this morning, gold prices are up. They actually have been on a great run. They were under 1300 about two months ago you see them up only slightly, little less than 1 , probably because they had been so strong lately not a lot of oomph year. Bitcoin also getting a little bit of a boost right here. Obviously, a lot of capital and motion across borders. That could help the sentiment toward bitcoin you see it up 7 at 11,750 lets talk