Expecting 8. 6 and were getting 17. 7 . Those numbers getting close to the new years chinese holiday. Maybe there is a seasonal effect on these numbers. Rishaad these are good numbers, 17 . Lets have a look. We will have a look at what is going on with dollar numbers. Lets wait for that. Exports, in dollar terms. Do not have the dollar number yet. Nikkei up 0. 8 . At 29,000. Asx moving tohe the upside. Front andd the yuan center. 110 since may 24 or Something Like that. Getting more and more strong. 6. 87 . More strength coming through with the yuan. That could be down to what we are seeing with export, import and trade numbers. Yvonne these numbers when it comes to 2019, exports rising 5 from a year ago. Imports rising 1. 6 . The trade balance coming to 2. 92 billion renminbi. It seemshole year, things were looking better and not as bad as forecasted. Still in the green. David people would say it is backward looking data, but when you look at the trend, things are getting better. That
In beijing in november. A gathering of leaders with a mission to set the course for the 21st century. Jason lots more of that ahead, lets begin with the top headlines this week from the u. S. To u. K. , geopolitics front and center. Tim ross joins us with the latest on brexit. Tim, great to have you with us. Tell us what we saw this week because it seems like, just like in the u. S. , we are entering a new phase with brexit. Tim we have an election that is finally being called. Boris johnson wanted to trigger this election for about a month and he finally got his way. The country will go to the polls on december 12 and whoever wins the election gets to determine brexit. If johnson wins, his deal will go through. If his main opponent Jeremy Corbyn wins, that could very easily be another referendum. Carol new referendum so does that mean potentially we could see the brexit negotiation between the u. K. And European Union go on beyond january . Tim well, it is certainly true that is one p
Wilbur ross tells bloomberg the china agreement is near periods tries President Trump wants this signing to take place in the u. S. The worlds Top Oil Company presses go on its longawaited share shale. They brought five brush off concern and says the price is right. Shery all change at the golden arches are the ceo is fired after breaking the policy. Markets have opened for trade lets. Lets get you straight to the Market Action. Sophie shares opening higher by 2 10 of 1 . This happened with the drop we saw for the benchmark. Keeping a close eye on westpac after a disappointing set of earnings. Ozzie yields tracking fridays drop in treasuries, rising six basis points amid trade optimism and a stronger jobs report. The aussie dollar is firmer. Offshorein on the yuan, trading below 704, building on fridays gains amid signs of stabilization. Asian stocks broadly looks to rises monday. Japan is offline for the weekend. Semiconductor players will be on watch on a report that the u. S. Govern
Lets get to the Global Market picture. Lets look at a start to the year which has been the best start to the s p since 2003. The first nine trading days of the year up 4. 2 on friday the dow was up 0. 9 the other two indices up 0. 7 . Week to date about 1. 5 to 2 of gains. This morning, as you can see, resoundingly positive start in the premarket. Dow up 271 points. The s p up just 14 the nasdaq up 38 very much the dow surging higher this morning tenyear treasury note for you which has been in focus, last week yields rose in lieu of international yields rising at the start of the week, but then gave up some of that gain towards the back half of last week were at 2. 53 we got very close to 2. 6 early part of last week. Look at the mood in asia the nikkei at a fresh 27year high, up 1 in todays trade hang seng closing actually at a record high, 31,904. Stocks there up 1. 8 the shanghai composite up 0. 8 south korea seeing gains of a similar amount the key Economic Data in asia will be chi
An hour or two off makes a difference . Its like a new jet lag every week think about that the three day weekends yesterday kaley was up early. That kept me on track. If you go to bed early ben franklin. 7 to 8 hours, instead of getting fancy i thought you were going with the early to bed, early to rise. It sounds like youre getting a little bit too how does this guy know . If you get 7 or 8, youre great. God bless you if youre getting 7 to 8 now youre saying it has to be this time i can call you early on weekends if youd like lets look at u. S. Equity futures. Its been a huge year already, just two trading weeks in. Look at this this morning, futures are surging, dow indicated up by 267 points s p futures up by 17 nasdaq up by 14. This comes after last week where the dow was up 507 points. Nasdaq up by 1. 7 . Gains across the board with the dow, nasdaq, s p 500 and many other indices result ending at alltime highs its continuing again this morning. Hard to try to get your arms around