Upside. Looking at commodities. Crude moving to the upside. A big move to the downside with , on the vaccine and signs of Economic Growth in the u. S. Particularly helping people not to look for havens or avoid havens, get out of them. Gold down half of 1 . Bitcoin surging up again, it has above 18,500. Juliette lets get the first word news. The head of the u. S. Government Coronavirus Vaccine program says results of trials by astrazeneca show encouraging signs it may help block the most severe cases. No one given the vaccine developed severe covid, while 16 people on the placebo debt. He called the results excited. Nine, reports 70 process astrazeneca report 70 success. The centers for Disease Control a model shows weekly u. S. Cases and deaths rising every week for at least the next month. Italy is the Second European nation to report 50,000 total fatalities. The u. K. Is extending lockdown next week in favor of even tougher regional curbs. Reports from washington say the Trump Admin
Into new orleans, killing two people. It also left 2 million homes and businesses in the dark. Experts say damage could total as much as 5 billion. Wto members are confronting the reality that the future of the genevabased institution is now in the hands of the american electorate. The Trump Administration has decided to block nigerias former finance minister as the next wto would record general. The u. S. Is backing the south korean trade general despite overwhelming support from other countries for the other candidate. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. It is 1 00 p. M. In new york, 5 00 p. M. In london, and 1 00 a. M. In hong kong. Im taylor riggs. Welcome to bloomberg markets. Here are the top stories we are following on the bloomberg and from around the world. The u. S. Economy recovered much of its normas ground it lost in the spring,
They are suspending trading in hong kong. We dont know the reason for that but we will bring you the reasons when we get it. Backdrop, the hang seng up by half of 1 . The authority spending a lot of money to defend the dollar peg. That is something on peoples. Inds as people make a rush 0. 5 toi composite, about the downside. Of what istrends going on as far as Market Action in this part of the world. Lets look at some of the first word news. President trump seems to have abandoned any hope of a virus package before the election next hek, telling supporters that sees a deal coming after the votes. Package covid19 continues to soar in the u. S. In newlizations jumped , ando, 50 in wyoming elsewhere in connecticut. France is planning a nationwide lockdown bid one in four airports in europe are collapsed as the virus europe face collapse as the virus stifles travel. Kar inion people in kash were said toince have undergone checks over the weekend. Authorities found five confirmed asymptoma
Small businesses. The airlines in dire situation. United and american saying they have to cut jobs, tens of thousands of them, as borders remain pretty much locked down. Yvonne you are seeing the president trying to do at least some damage control after he talked to negotiators to pull out of talks for a stimulus. Perhaps we are seeing some targeted measures. You have seen the market impact. The nasdaq and futures reversing the losses we were gaining. U. S. Futures are up. We will see if this bodes well for the rest of asia. If you look at the rest of the asia region, it looks like risk assets are looking less entire than the wall street session. We are seeing a bid for aussie against the japanese currency. When it comes to u. S. 10 year yield, we are holding steady, but the move up in yields on the announcement from trump. Stocks have been lower. Jakarta life coming back online. We are heading lower in jakarta. Hangseng up about 163 points. A touch higher for some markets. The rbi is
President , he has announced hes free of the virus in immune and up dressed in airport crowd in florida today. This is important, the virus and how to deal with are central issues of the election. The president is taking the lead in opening the economy and returning to work in promoting the successful treatment, that is important stuff. Meanwhile joe biden always wearing a mask except for when hes coughing is bogged down with questions about packing the court in fracking, he will hold to events in ohio, lets see if he answers as important questions. Lefthand side of the screen, Supreme Court hearing for Amy Coney Barrett started an Opening Statement the judge said she learned from her mentor, Justice Antonio scully out. A judge must apply the law as written, not as a judge wishes it were. Vice president ial candidate Kamala Harris will participate virtually for safety reasons. Lets get to the market, the dow industrial is up for 50 on point, the s p up 20 thereabout look at the nasdaq,